community service

noun

: work that is done without pay to help people in a community

She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.

Examples of community service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Michaels went on to plead no contest to a reduced charge of reckless driving and was sentenced to 80 hours of community service. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 31 July 2026

Court records show she was acquitted on another count of the same and sentenced to a year of supervised probation and 200 hours of community service. — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Alexander paid fines and fees, was assigned community service and will be on probation for two years. — Armando Salguero, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026

Police responses can also lead to trauma for that person or a less satisfactory outcome than another community service response would produce, Duckett said. — Scott Maucione, NPR, 27 July 2026

Rhymes for community service

• disservice
• preservice
• interservice
• nervous
• nervus