house arrest
noun
confinement of an arrested person to their residence or to a public place, such as a hospital, instead of in a jail.
house arrests
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pluralof house arrest.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Independence Day celebrations by carrying out detentions and house arrests, the American Embassy in Havana said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Authorities did not comment on such house arrests.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2023
He knows that the 2005 riots lasted three weeks and only ended after the declaration of a state of emergency, with curfews and house arrests.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2023
Mr. Chen is the blind human rights lawyer who was put under house arrests for years before moving to the United States in 2012.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2022
Pakistan detained Hafiz Saeed, the group's founder, for another in a series of short-lived house arrests.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 15, 2010
