presentence — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Occurring before or in preparation for a criminal sentence.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   presentencing

   Examples

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   "Pulitzer's request"--Marshall would eventually write--"is both novel and complex, pitting the public's right to know […] against the traditional confidentiality of presentence investigation materials."

Verb

1. To sentence in advance.

   Usage

   • Transitive

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   […] he was conscious to himself that he had prejudged, preconvicted, and even presentenced the Man whom he tried, months before he heard his case, as is demonstrated by his threat to Mrs. MILBANK "that he would send him into penal servitude!" […]

Noun

1. A sentence-like utterance that precedes the development of properly grammatical sentences.