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

She has not been seen publicly since then, and the last official photo of her released was in April, when she was moved from prison to house arrest and her sentence was reduced as part of a prisoner amnesty for a Buddhist holiday. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026

After her arrest on May 10, 2023, Trevizo was released from jail and allowed to finish her senior year of high school without an ankle monitor or house arrest while waiting for trial. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

He will be placed on total lockdown house arrest, the most restrictive form of house arrest. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 27 July 2026

Its very first paragraph referred to former president Jair Bolsonaro — who was convicted last year for attempting a coup d’état in Brazil and is now under house arrest — making the political motivation behind the measure explicit. — Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, Washington Post, 26 July 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