house arrest

noun

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

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The warrant, which has been viewed by The Times, states that once Brown is arrested, he will be held on a $10,000 bond before being released and under house arrest before a trial. Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 Back at Tsarskoye Selo, the conditions of the Paley family’s house arrest quickly deteriorated. Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2025 Andrew Tate speaks to media outside the Bucharest Tribunal after being placed under house arrest, in Bucharest, Romania, on August, 22, 2024. Sophie Clark, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025 The men were interrogated for three weeks on suspicions that included conspiring to endanger lives on the roads; then they were put under house arrest, but finally released without charges, apparently after the withdrawal. Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025 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 30 Jun. 2025.

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