Synonym: check, test, trial, try. Similar words: probably, promotion, nation, proportion, production, protection, projection, prosecution. Meaning: [prə'beɪʃn] 
n. 1. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership 2. a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself 3. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court.
n. 1. a trial period during which your character and abilities are tested to see whether you are suitable for work or for membership 2. a trial period during which an offender has time to redeem himself or herself 3. (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court. 
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31. Carolyn worked the North Branch as a probation officer.
32. He later confessed to his probation officer.
33. The 31-year-old rap executive has been in jail since October for probation violations.
34. A serving probation officer employed full-time in that capacity can not act as a guardian ad litem.
35. The most publicized was Nebraska running back Lawrence Phillips, who is on probation after assaulting a former girlfriend.
36. Some bureaux have been invited in by the probation or education departments or by the prison governor.
37. He is now on probation, living in a boarding house in another part of the town since his arrest.
38. Beyond all these institutional complexities lies the prison, the probation service and mechanisms for dealing with the convicted offender.
39. Knight has been jailed since October for alleged probation violations.
40. Quahanti made no admission of guilt,(http://sentencedict.com/probation.html) and the case was continued for the duration of her probation.
41. Sentence was adjourned until May 11 for a probation report.
42. Gary DeHart, two-time series champion Terry Labonte's crew chief, also was fined and placed on probation in Daytona.
43. Irvin is on probation after pleading no contest in July to a felony charge of cocaine possession.
44. I got out on bail, I think it was my probation officer who rang up.
45. Milken already has completed the 3, 000 hours of community service required under his probation terms(sentencedict.com), Reese said.
46. The probation service and voluntary agencies were to be funded to provide an alternative form of punishment for the less serious offender.
47. Upon release in June, he faces five years of house arrest and probation.
48. Police and juvenile probation officials say they still have no motive for the attack.
49. Anthony Ganguly continued the deception when he appeared before Teesside magistrates and was placed on probation.
50. I've had probation, conditional discharge, deferred sentences, suspended sentences - everything.
51. Some courts have a specialist probation officer who promptly channels those suspected of having mental health problems into the local service.
52. The Green Paper makes clear the future direction of probation, through comments on the training of probation officers.
53. Among those receiving probation orders will be those for whom the section 2 defence is used to mitigate a mercy killing.
54. The following morning, Hicks was interviewed by probation officer Hilary Brown.
55. Time allowed 00:21 Read in studio A man who sexually abused a schoolgirl has been given probation.
56. Probation officers may also become part of the process as may legal representatives, judges, juries and the higher courts.
57. Staff at the centre include medical experts as well as workers from the social services, probation service and youth services.
58. Civil servants can be appointed for life, for a limited period or on probation.
59. The plan will pay for the hiring of 37 probation officers, over three years, to staff the programs.
60. Probation officers and those who treat juvenile offenders within the community say violence is an ongoing problem in the three lockups.
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