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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
n. Confinement to one's quarters, rather than prison, by administrative or judicial order: a prisoner under house arrest.

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house arrest
noun
confinement to your own home

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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.

Arabic:	إعْتِقال مَنْزِلي
Chinese (Simplified):	不淮离家的软禁
Chinese (Traditional):	不淮离家的軟禁
Czech:	domácí vězení
Danish:	husarrest
Dutch:	huisarrest
Estonian:	koduarest
Finnish:	kotiaresti
French:	assignation à résidence
German:	der Hausarrest
Greek:	περιορισμός κατ' οίκον
Hungarian:	házi őrizet
Icelandic:	stofufangelsi
Indonesian:	tahanan rumah
Italian:	arresti domiciliari*

Japanese:	自宅監禁
Latvian:	mājas arests
Lithuanian:	namų areštas
Norwegian:	husarrest
Polish:	areszt domowy
Portuguese (Brazil):	prisão domiciliar
Portuguese (Portugal):	residência fixa
Romanian:	arest la domiciliu
Russian:	домашний арест
Slovak:	domáce väzenie
Slovenian:	hišni pripor
Spanish:	arresto domiciliario
Swedish:	husarrest
Turkish:	evde hapis

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
house arrest

Forcible detention in one's house rather than in a prison. House arrest is used by some nations as a way to silence political dissent without the elaborate trials and criminal proceedings that would bring bad publicity.

[Chapter:] World Politics

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