house arrest

noun

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

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Wink has been on house arrest with GPS monitoring since September 2022, after posting 10% of her $2.5 million bond in cash. Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024 Kim Dae-jung, who would eventually become the eighth president of South Korea in 1998, spent the majority of the 1970s and ’80s under house arrest, exiled, imprisoned, or dodging assassination attempts perpetrated by the government over his opposition to then-dictator Gen. Park Chung-hee. Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Dec. 2024 The initial bail offer included a $50 million bond, house arrest, GPS monitoring and strict limitations on visitors, but a district judge denied the request. Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024 Editor’s picks After Steel finished his address Thursday, Fulton County Judge Paige Reese Whitaker sentenced Williams to a punishment that didn’t even include Williams’ offer to spend three years on house arrest with an ankle monitor. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 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 15 Dec. 2024.

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