house arrest

Speech parts

1. house arrest - Noun

2. house arrest - Verb

Meaning

confinement to your own home

Alternative names

house-arrest

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Examples

Story is honorable and trustworthy; plot is shifty, and best kept under house arrest. Stephen King

Are you going to put me under house arrest or put me on Robben Island? Helen Suzman

I learned to work on a computer years before I was placed under house arrest. Fortunately I had two laptops when I was under house arrest - one an Apple and one a different operating system. I was very proud of that because I know how to use both systems. Aung San Suu Kyi

I deplore the decision of the junta in Myanmar to continue the illegal house arrest of Nobel peace prize laureate and democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi. Francis Escudero

After releasing Chiang and returning to Nanjing with him, Zhang was placed under house arrest and the generals who had assisted him were executed. Source: Internet

According to Metro’s 2019 annual report, there was a daily average of 3,710 people who were in the detention center’s custody last year, excluding those on house arrest. Source: Internet

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