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 Jair Bolsonaro is currently serving a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt and is now under house arrest, spending his days with his wife. — Mauricio Savarese, Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2026 Romanian authorities indicted the Tate brothers on the charges in June 2023, placing them on house arrest and confiscating several of their assets. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026 According to court records, bond was set at $100,000 on July 17, with conditions including a GPS monitor and house arrest with travel allowed to doctors’ appointments. — Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 July 2026 He has been imprisoned, kept under house arrest and, eventually, exiled. — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for house arrest

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Noun

One person was taken into custody, and police are searching for a second suspect.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Tyler Boebert, 21, was taken into custody and later released on $10,000 bond, Garfield County Sheriff’s Office said.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 11 Aug. 2026

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As the confrontation escalated, a second boat connected to Simpson, a 39-foot Contender vessel, arrived on scene with a group of lobster divers and also anchored 10 feet from Del Sol's vessel, the arrest affidavit alleges.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Rundell’s most recent arrest, in September 2025, was handled by Chitwood’s agency.

— Silas Morgan, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

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Expect operations, captures and hard rhetoric in the first 100 days, visible and real, but not yet structural.

— Armando Regil Velasco, FOXNews.com, 8 Aug. 2026
In response to the shooting, advocates with the United Bodegas of America gathered outside the store Thursday to offer a $5,000 reward for the gunman’s capture.

— Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

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