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house arrest en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) 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.
   • 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. 1986 July 20, Richard Haitch, “Follow-up on the News: House Arrest Instead of Prison”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014:

Forms

Relateds

ankle bracelet · ankle monitor · housebound

Translations (47)

ru дома́шний аре́ст (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · it detenzione domiciliare (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · it arresti domiciliari (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · tr ev hapsi (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ja 軟禁 (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · bn গৃহবন্দি (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · da husarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · az ev dustaqlığı (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · nn husarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · nb husarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · pt prisão domiciliar (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · hy տնային կալանք (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · kk үй қамақ (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · de Hausarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · lt namų areštas (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · sv husarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ml വീട്ടുതടങ്കൽ (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ca arrest domiciliari (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · bg домашен арест (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · et koduarest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · kk үйқамақ (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · es arresto domiciliario (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · es arraigo domiciliario (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · fr assignation à résidence (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · hu házi őrizet (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · te గృహ నిర్బంధం (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ar إِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّة (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · fa حبس خانگی (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · fi kotiaresti (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · be дамашні арышт (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · cs domácí vězení (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · id tahanan rumah (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · fr résidence surveillée (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ro arest la domiciliu (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ga braighdeanas baile (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · pt prisão domiciliária (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · cmn 軟禁 /软禁 (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · ko 가택 연금 (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · az ev həbsi (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · uk дома́шній аре́шт (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · pl areszt domowy (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · vi quản thúc tại gia (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · sw kizuizini nyumbani (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · he מעצר בית (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · eo hejmaresto (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · cmn 幽禁 (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence) · nl huisarrest (confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence)