Suspended sentence definition and meaning - Collins Dictionary

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 ... EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Sentences Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Korean Japanese Definitionof 'suspendedsentence'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× suspendedsentence Wordforms:pluralsuspendedsentences countablenoun Ifacriminalisgivenasuspendedsentence,theyaregivenaprisonsentencewhichtheyhavetoserveiftheycommitanothercrimewithinaspecifiedperiodoftime. Johnwasgivenafour-monthsuspendedsentence. 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EnglishGrammar CollinsApps WordFrequency suspendedsentenceinBritishEnglish noun asentenceofimprisonmentthatisnotservedbyanoffenderunlessheorshecommitsafurtheroffenceduringitscurrencyComparedeferredsentence CollinsEnglishDictionary.Copyright©HarperCollinsPublishers Examplesof'suspendedsentence'inasentence suspendedsentence Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Theactorreceiveda12-monthsuspendedsentence.TheSun(2011)Hepleadedguiltytoleavingthesceneofanaccidentaftercausinginjuryandreceivedatwo-monthsuspendedsentence.Times,SundayTimes(2006)Rentonreceivesasuspendedsentence.Times,SundayTimes(2009)Hewasgivenafour-monthsuspendedsentence,putoncurfewandtagged.TheSun(2011) Trendsof suspendedsentence Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically suspendedsentence suspendtheconstitution suspendtrading suspendedanimation suspendedsentence suspender suspenderbelt suspendered AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'S' Source DefinitionofsuspendedsentencefromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary ReadabouttheteamofauthorsbehindCollinsDictionaries. 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