house arrest

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Confinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.

countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Españolarraigo domiciliario arresto domiciliario

Françaisassignation à résidence résidence surveillée

DeutschHausarrest

22 more languages

العربيةإِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّة

Catalàarrest domiciliari

Češtinadomácí vězení

Ελληνικάπεριορισμός

Esperantohejmaresto

Suomikotiaresti

עבריתמעצר בית

हिन्दीनज़रबंदी

Magyarházi őrizet

Italianoarresti domiciliari detenzione domiciliare

日本語軟禁

Қазақ тіліүйқамақ

한국어가택 연금

Lietuviųnamų areštas

Nederlandshuisarrest

Polskiareszt domowy

Portuguêsprisão domiciliar prisão domiciliária

Русскийдомашний арест

Kiswahilikizuizini nyumbani

Türkçeev hapsi

Українськадома́шній аре́шт

Examples

“Convicted in Federal District Court in Brooklyn of insurance fraud, a 35-year-old legal secretary could have ⟳ received up to 50 years in prison and a $56,000 fine. The judge ⟳ sentenced her instead to house arrest for two years.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

house ball house band house brand house call house cat house centipede

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