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.
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Last week, former State Senator Sonya Jaquez Lewis was sentenced to probation and community service after being convicted of four felonies including Attempt to Influence a Public Official.
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Austen Erblat, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Huffman was also sentenced to 250 hours of community service and supervised release for one year.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
Polis wrote on the social platform X that the former lawmaker, Sonya Jaquez Lewis, was sentenced to probation and community service last week after being convicted of attempting to influence a public servant earlier this year.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
In his post on Tuesday, the governor compared the case of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence, to that of a former state lawmaker who was recently sentenced to probation and community service after being convicted of one of the same crimes.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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Austen Erblat, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
Huffman was also sentenced to 250 hours of community service and supervised release for one year.
—Hannah Malach, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
Polis wrote on the social platform X that the former lawmaker, Sonya Jaquez Lewis, was sentenced to probation and community service last week after being convicted of attempting to influence a public servant earlier this year.
—Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2026
In his post on Tuesday, the governor compared the case of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who is serving a nine-year prison sentence, to that of a former state lawmaker who was recently sentenced to probation and community service after being convicted of one of the same crimes.
—ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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