- house arrest
- noun be under house arrest to be told that you must stay inside your house by the government
Longman dictionary of contemporary English. 2004.
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house arrest — Confinement to one s home or another specified location instead of incarceration in a jail or prison. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. house arrest Confinement to one s home or a … Law dictionary
house arrest — house ar.rest n be under house arrest to be kept as a prisoner by a government, staying inside your house rather than in a prison … Dictionary of contemporary English
house arrest — house ar,rest noun uncount be under house arrest to be officially prevented from leaving your home, usually because you have been accused of a political crime … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
house arrest — ► NOUN ▪ the state of being kept as a prisoner in one s own house … English terms dictionary
house arrest — house′ arrest n. confinement of an arrested person to his or her home or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of a jail • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
house arrest — n. detention, often under guard, of an arrested person in that person s own home, a hospital, etc … English World dictionary
House arrest — For other uses, see House arrest (disambiguation). In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence.… … Wikipedia
house arrest — noun confinement to your own home • Hypernyms: ↑confinement * * * noun [noncount] law : the condition of being forced to stay in your home rather than in prison as a form of punishment often used with under He was placed under house arrest until… … Useful english dictionary
House Arrest — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Hausarrest Originaltitel: House Arrest Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 1996 Länge: 109 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
