community service

noun Law.
a punitive sentence that requires a convicted person to perform unpaid work for the community in lieu of imprisonment.
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community service
 
n
1.  voluntary work, intended to be for the common good, usually done as part of an organized scheme
2.  See community-service order

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Community service is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
Example sentences
Community service is work performed by an offender for the benefit of the
  community as a formal or informal sanction.
Stoically, she settled for a modest post in the state's department of
  education, steering high-schoolers to community service.
Knowledge of relevant softwares and keen interest in teaching, learning, and
  with community service experience.
Catch them and sentence them to extensive community service.
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