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house arrest
–noun
| confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial. |
[Origin: 1935–40
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house arrest
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| house arrest
n. Confinement to one's quarters, rather than prison, by administrative or judicial order: a prisoner under house arrest. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| house arrest | |
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| confinement to your own home |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
house arrest
a type of arrest in which a person is not allowed to leave his own house
Example: He was kept under house arrest.
See also: house-fly, house-warming, houseboat, housebreaker, household, householder, housekeeper, housekeeping, houseman, housetrain, housewife, housework, housing, housing benefit, house, house agent, household word, like a house on fire, "house arrest" in any languageExample: He was kept under house arrest.
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