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administrative leave

noun

  1. leave, as from a government agency or department, arranged by special permission or directive:

    During the investigation she was placed on administrative leave with pay.



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Two tribal members were shot and hospitalized and the agent who shot them was put on administrative leave.

Maxwell previously told The Daily Beast that the reasons for his administrative leave designation had never been explained to him.

They have been put on administrative leave by the university.

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