: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison
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Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 The people granted clemency were largely those placed under house arrest during the COVID-19 pandemic when prisons across the country relocated thousands of people to home confinement, seeking to curb the spread of the respiratory virus in overcrowded correctional facilities.—Javier Zarracina, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024 If posted, Sloan would be confined to house arrest.—Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024 Butler County Area Court Judge Kevin McDonough also sentenced Hyde to two months of house arrest and two years of probation following her incarceration.—Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 4 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for house arrest
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