community service
noun
: work that is done without pay to help people in a community
She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.
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Magistrate Andrew Sim sentenced her to an 18-month noncustodial sentence, including 150 hours of community service.
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Roy Luo, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Shearer said her students came up with the idea as a community service project.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
For his conviction, Gibson received a sentence of community service and three years of probation, and was ordered to pay $570 in fines.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Estevez starred as Gordon Bombay, a cocky lawyer who's sentenced to community service after a DUI, a sentence that eventually takes the form of coaching the pee-wee players.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
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Roy Luo, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Shearer said her students came up with the idea as a community service project.
—Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 17 Mar. 2025
For his conviction, Gibson received a sentence of community service and three years of probation, and was ordered to pay $570 in fines.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2025
Estevez starred as Gordon Bombay, a cocky lawyer who's sentenced to community service after a DUI, a sentence that eventually takes the form of coaching the pee-wee players.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 11 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for community service
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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