house arrest

noun

: 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 

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of house arrest was in 1810

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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/house%20arrest. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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