Definitions for house arrest
house ar·rest

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1. house arrestnoun

   confinement to your own home

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1. house arrestnoun

   The situation where a person is confined, by the authorities, to his or her residence, possibly with travel allowed but restricted. Used as a lenient alternative to prison time.

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1. House arrest

   In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or, in modern times, electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to their residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is an alternative to being in a prison while awaiting trial or after sentencing. While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In these cases, the person under house arrest often does not have access to any means of communication with people outside of the home; if electronic communication is allowed, conversations may be monitored.

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1. house arrest

   House arrest is a legal punishment or measure of restraint imposed by authorities where an individual is confined to their primary residence rather than a jail or prison. This type of sentence may be given for minor crimes, or as a temporary measure during a criminal investigation, and often involves the use of electronic monitoring to ensure compliance.

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1. House arrest

   In justice and law, house arrest is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to a certain residence. Travel is usually restricted, if allowed at all. House arrest is a lenient alternative to prison time or juvenile-detention time. While house arrest can be applied to criminal cases when prison does not seem an appropriate measure, the term is often applied to the use of house confinement as a measure of repression by authoritarian governments against political dissidents. In that case, typically, the person under house arrest does not have access to any means of communication. If electronic communication is allowed, conversations will most likely be monitored. With certain units, the conversations of criminals can be directly monitored via the unit itself.

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1. house arrest

   Read the full text of the House Arrest poem by Kurt Philip Behm on the Poetry.com website.

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How to pronounce house arrest?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of house arrest in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of house arrest in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of house arrest in a Sentence

1. Ronald Daigle Jr.:

   There is a clear double standard, my client was sentenced to a year in federal prison, fine, probation, house arrest and a dishonorable discharge from the Navy.

2. Mohammad Taghi:

   Lifting the house arrest might increase the capabilities of the reformists and other groups and strengthen their hand in the elections, they don’t want to create a situation where the hardliners will have a greater loss.

3. Omar Estacio:

   In no way was it a part of the process for his house arrest an agreement that he not exercise his constitutional right to make public statements.

4. Kampala Police spokesperson Luke Owoyesigire:

   The military is not allowing people to go in. They are just reading whatever results that they want. This election was just rigged in such a blatant way, it is a sign of intimidation of the regime, but also they are very scared of the people. They lost this election in a very bad way. Bobi Wine is such a uniting factor, so they fear that the people might rise up, so that is why they are keeping him under a kind of house arrest. Bobi Wine is illegal and unconstitutional.

5. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve:

   These 24 people have been placed under house arrest because they have been violent during demonstrations in the past and because they have said they would not respect the state of emergency.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=house arrest
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/House_Arrest
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_Arrest
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=house arrest