SUSPENDED SENTENCE


Meaning of SUSPENDED SENTENCE in English

( suspended sentences)

If a criminal is given a suspended sentence , they are given a prison sentence which they have to serve if they commit another crime within a specified period of time.

John was given a four-month suspended sentence.

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