: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison
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Thug had originally offered to serve the first three years of his probation under house arrest, which Whitaker did not require.—Justin Curto, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024 In August, the court approved the older McKinney's request to return to work at his dentistry practice while on house arrest, according to court records.—Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 26 Oct. 2024 In it, McGregor plays Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, an aristocrat who, after returning to Russia from Paris following the October Revolution, is sentenced to house arrest by a Bolshevik tribunal and spends decades in an attic hotel room.—Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2024 Advertisement His team wanted him to be placed on house arrest with a $50-million bond, but their request was denied.—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for house arrest
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