house arrest
confinement of an arrested person to their residence or to a public place, such as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial.
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How to use house arrest in a sentence
During the 15 years that the junta kept her under house arrest, many secretly kept pictures of Suu Kyi in their homes.
Aung San Suu Kyi Faces New Charges After the Coup. Can Myanmar's Democracy Survive Without Her? | Amy Gunia | February 3, 2021 | TimeThough condemned internationally for defending the military and its campaign against the Rohingya minority, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate who spent 15 years under house arrest until 2010 now finds herself again at the generals’ mercy.
In Myanmar coup, Suu Kyi’s ouster heralds return to military rule | Shibani Mahtani, Timothy McLaughlin | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostStark attacked Wanda and her brother, built a genocidal AI program called Ultron that almost destroyed the world and put Wanda under house arrest because he insisted she could not control her powers.
All the Marvel Clues You Missed in WandaVision's First Two Episodes | Eliana Dockterman | January 15, 2021 | TimeHis absence, combined with regulatory troubles including a recent antitrust probe, have fueled wild speculation on social media about his whereabouts, with some fearing he is under house arrest.
Where is Jack Ma? Social media buzz about the famous billionaire puts spotlight on Chinese tech. | Jeanne Whalen | January 6, 2021 | Washington PostIt’s a shoestring budget indie about a bratty young woman whose house arrest leads to some very unexpected scares.
One Good Thing: Housebound is the perfect horror comedy for the perpetually quarantined | Aja Romano | December 31, 2020 | Vox
Later reports say that authorities claimed to be merely escorting him back to his house arrest.
He was told he could go back home to his house arrest to celebrate the New Year with his wife and their two children.
After a brief stint under house arrest, Al-Thani was back on the art scene within a year, this time only as a private collector.
The Mysterious Death of the Art World’s Favorite Sheikh | Lizzie Crocker | November 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGoodman retreated to house arrest at his luxury mansion on $4 million bail.
Money, Murder, and Adoption: The Wild Trial of the Polo King | Jacqui Goddard | October 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWesolowski is confined to house arrest in the walled city, awaiting trial in front of the Vatican tribunal.
Did the Vatican Arrest an Abuser to Protect Him? | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWe are still under house-arrest, but we can go out in the garden, while two soldiers guard the entrance.
Trapped in 'Black Russia' | Ruth PierceThat is to say, house-arrest; you must give me your word not to leave your house.
Frederick The Great and His Family | L. Muhlbach
British Dictionary definitions for house arrest
confinement to one's own home
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Cultural definitions for 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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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