community service

Frequency: 7.011.5 per million words

Unpaid work intended to be of social use that an offender is ordered to do.

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Examples (10)

  • The judge sentenced him to 100 hours of community service.
  • Instead of jail time, she was given community service for the petty theft.
  • His community service involves cleaning up local parks.
  • The vandal was ordered to perform community service by repainting the defaced wall.
  • Failing to complete your community service could result in a prison sentence.
  • He has to complete 50 more hours of community service to fulfill his sentence.
  • For his first offense, he was assigned community service rather than a fine.
  • Community service is often seen as a form of restorative justice for minor crimes.
  • How many hours of community service did the court order?
  • Her lawyer argued for community service as a more constructive punishment.