house arrest

noun

: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison

Examples of house arrest in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Media organizations have urged Tokayev to drop criminal charges against several journalists currently under house arrest and to revise the country’s legislation to ensure press freedom. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Back in 1985 in the Soviet Union, Merryl Goldberg was interrogated by the KGB three times, briefly kidnapped by the state security agency twice and put under house arrest once. — Maura Fox, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026

She was released in December 2025 and has spent another eight months under house arrest or in halfway-house confinement. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 21 Aug. 2026

The defense proposed placing him on house arrest with an ankle monitor under the supervision of Fulton County Pretrial Services. — Cbs News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for house arrest

• abreast
• accessed
• addressed
• appressed
• armrest
• assessed
• attest
• backrest
• behest
• bequest
• caressed
• celeste