Meaning of house arrest | Babel Free
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.
Equivalents
العربية
إِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّة
Català
arrest domiciliari
Čeština
domácí vězení
Dansk
husarrest
Deutsch
Hausarrest
Ελληνικά
περιορισμός
Esperanto
hejmaresto
Suomi
kotiaresti
עברית
מעצר בית
हिन्दी
नज़रबंदी
Magyar
házi őrizet
日本語
軟禁
Қазақша
үйқамақ
한국어
가택 연금
Lietuvių
namų areštas
Nederlands
huisarrest
Polski
areszt domowy
Русский
домашний арест
Kiswahili
kizuizini nyumbani
Türkçe
ev hapsi
Українська
дома́шній 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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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