probationer

Example Sentences

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Insp Young was asked about the training received by three probationer officers who were on the scene on the day of Mr Bayoh's death.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2023

The law laying out those restoration rules requires the “unconditional discharge of an inmate, of a probationer, or of a parolee.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2022

Even for a probationer who truly wants to play by the rules and finish probation, it’s not easy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 5, 2020

In response, Sentinel’s executives proposed “a new, mutually beneficial supervision model,” where the court would pay Sentinel a flat fee for each probationer, thus shifting millions of dollars in costs to the city each year.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017

This impression was dispelled early on when a probationer in Briony’s year, a large, kindly, slow-moving girl with a cow’s harmless gaze, met the lacerating force of the ward sister’s fury.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan