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sentence

 
/ˈsent·əns/ v [T]

Definition

to officially state the punishment given by a law court to a guilty person or organization: He was sentenced to three years in jail and fined $40,000.
(Definition of sentence v from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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