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suspended sentence

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Synonyms: bender

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: opgeskorte vonnis — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Azerbaijani: şərti məhkumetmə — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Azerbaijani: şərti hökm — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Chinese Mandarin: 緩刑 /缓刑 (huǎnxíng) — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Danish: betinget dom — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Dutch: voorwaardelijke straf — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Dutch: straf met uitstel — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Finnish: ehdollinen tuomio — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Finnish: ehdollinen rangaistus — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • French: sursis — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • German: Bewährungsstrafe — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Hungarian: felfüggesztettbüntetés (börtön) — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Italian: pena sospesa — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Polish: warunkowe zawieszenie kary — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Polish: kara w zawieszeniu — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Polish: zawiasy — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Ukrainian: умовний вирок (umovnyj vyrok) — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force
  • Vietnamese: án treo — a sentence which the offender serves in probation unless he/she commits another crime during the period the sentence is in force