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Recent Examples of house arrest
After his release from federal prison, he is expected to be placed on house arrest.
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Hadnot and Hoang have been allowed to complete their prison terms on house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Afterwards, my mom escaped house arrest after nine months in jail and my dad evaded the Communists despite a national search for him.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The United States has complained in the past when Italy has lost track of suspects in the Italian judicial system awaiting hearings for extradition to the U.S.
A hearing on his bid to be given house arrest is scheduled for Jan. 15.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 21 Jan. 2025
Hadnot and Hoang have been allowed to complete their prison terms on house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet, court records show.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Afterwards, my mom escaped house arrest after nine months in jail and my dad evaded the Communists despite a national search for him.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
The United States has complained in the past when Italy has lost track of suspects in the Italian judicial system awaiting hearings for extradition to the U.S.
A hearing on his bid to be given house arrest is scheduled for Jan. 15.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
Noun
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Texts released in a child custody case in New York revealed that Musk, the head of the Department of Government Efficiency, is deeply worried about an attempt on his life and described himself as the second-most-likely assassination target after the president.—
Sean O'Driscoll,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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His death marks the second fatality in Department of Correction custody this year.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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All three refused to provide identification or sign arrest paperwork, and were identified only after their pictures were shown to an FBI agent, police said.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA TODAY,
20 Feb. 2025
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This ranking was achieved despite reports of a peaceful campus protest which ending in a police crackdown, which saw 27 arrests and pepper spray used on students.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Stephen Henriques,
TIME,
19 Feb. 2025
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The chain of events mirror what transpired last month in the lead-up to the M23's capture of Goma.—
JUSTIN KABUMBA,
arkansasonline.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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Cut to the two men brawling in the bowels of a derelict ship in the Miami port, where Spencer has imprisoned and ultimately attempts to drown his son to evade capture.—
Hunter Ingram,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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