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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The two offenders were sentenced to two years of probation and 60 hours of community service each − one hour for each victim, Judge Leonard Brown said − meaning they will not be put into a juvenile detention facility, while technically remaining under the supervision of the juvenile justice system.
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Federal prosecutors charged him with one count of indecent exposure on an aircraft, fined him $5,000 and sentenced him to two years’ probation plus 120 hours of community service.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
All four were put on supervised probation for one year and must complete 30 hours of community service.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Brown ordered each to perform 60 hours of community service, have no contact with the victims and pay an unspecified amount of restitution.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Alyssa Goldberg, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2026
Federal prosecutors charged him with one count of indecent exposure on an aircraft, fined him $5,000 and sentenced him to two years’ probation plus 120 hours of community service.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 25 Mar. 2026
All four were put on supervised probation for one year and must complete 30 hours of community service.
—Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
Brown ordered each to perform 60 hours of community service, have no contact with the victims and pay an unspecified amount of restitution.
—Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 26 Mar. 2026.
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