HOUSE ARREST Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

house arrest

noun

Definition of house arrest

as in custody

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Recent Examples of house arrest Mette-Marit’s 29-year-old son, Marius Borg Høiby, was also permitted to attend the funeral with the royal family, despite currently being on house arrest after being found guilty of two counts of rape in June. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2026 Media organizations have urged Tokayev to drop criminal charges against several journalists under house arrest and to revise legislation to ensure freedom of speech. — ABC News, 24 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 But Shuja was reluctant to part with the fabled diamond, so Singh put him under house arrest and ordered his guards to torture his son. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for house arrest

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Noun

The state of Texas took custody of the children and allowed more than 100 FLDS women to accompany them in custody as a courtesy but later returned them to their families.

— Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026
During a news conference Monday, Garces Perez called in from ICE custody and gave his own account of the shooting with the help of an interpreter.

— Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026

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Frimpong also ordered the government to thoroughly document the probable cause that leads to an arrest before a warrant could be obtained.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
Her lengthy arrest record grew over the following years, and in 1981 she was imprisoned after robbing a convenience store.

— Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026

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Still, nothing in the war has seemed as startling or as consequential as their breakneck assault last week, which centered on the capture of Mokha, a major port city on the Red Sea, and Perim, a tiny island at the southern entrance to the waterway.

— Kareem Fahim, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026
This capacitive button gives you instant access to the camera to snap photos, capture video, or tweak settings such as exposure, depth of field, and zoom.

— Kimberly Gedeon, PC Magazine, 18 Sep. 2026

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