house arrest

noun

: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison

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He was placed on house arrest in 2020 and released later that year. David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Jared Blue-Lowry shot Lacy in the shoulder just two days after Lacy started a house arrest term for a prior gun possession conviction, court records show. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025 In the Paramount+ series, McGregor plays Russian aristocrat Alexander Rostov, who avoids being put to death as he is placed on house arrest during the Bolshevik Revolution. Esther Kang, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025 Following her September release, she was placed under house arrest in Indiana. Sabrina Clay, CNN, 15 Dec. 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 22 Jan. 2025.

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