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house arrest

NOUN
confinement in one's home
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His co-conspirator Mark Chavez was sentenced to house arrest.

From Barron's • May 27, 2026

By May 2009, she was in New York City on a visa, and in July she met Epstein at his house in West Palm Beach while he was under house arrest, Roza said.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

Mrs. Kirchner is serving a six-year sentence under house arrest for fraud in the administration of public-works contracts in the province of Santa Cruz.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

Suu Kyi was placed under house arrest the following year.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

With the death of the first Ptolemy, Demetrius was placed under house arrest, never to see freedom again.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro



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