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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. Services volunteered by individuals or an organization to benefit a community or its institutions.

  2. Similar work performed by law offenders to serve a sentence in lieu of or in addition to jail time.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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