house arrest

Frequency: 8.025.0 per million words

a state of being kept as a prisoner in one's own house

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Examples (10)

  • Following the coup, the leaders were put under house arrest.
  • The judge sentenced the non-violent offender to six months of house arrest.
  • The activist has been under house arrest for over a decade, with her communication severely restricted.
  • He is currently serving his sentence under house arrest and must wear an electronic monitoring device.
  • Violating the terms of your house arrest could result in immediate imprisonment.
  • She was placed on house arrest pending her trial for fraud.
  • The new law allows for electronic monitoring for individuals under house arrest.
  • The deposed general spent his final years under strict house arrest at his country estate.
  • Will the court order house arrest or demand bail for the suspect?
  • Living under house arrest was mentally challenging, isolating him from friends and family.