probation officer
noun [C]Definition
› a person whose job is to regularly see people who have committed crimes and who are on probation, and to help them to avoid committing crimes againLawyers and legal officials
(Definition of probation officer noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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