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

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

The two of them party hard enough and often enough that local police officer Montgomery (Missi Pyle) knows them by name; when some particularly irresponsible carousing crosses a line, however, they’re slapped with a community service sentence. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 July 2026

In the middle years, the talk turned to families, children and community service. — Barbara Bry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 July 2026

Through the course of rooming together in dorms at rookie minicamp, doing community service work, taking group trips to Braves games and, of course, navigating practices, the Falcons’ rookie class formed a tight bond. — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 22 July 2026

Rhymes for community service

• disservice
• preservice
• interservice
• nervous
• nervus