house arrests

noun

plural of house arrest
as in custodies

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  1. captures
  2. restraints
  3. arrests
  4. detainments
Noun
  • In practice, that means noticing signals no dashboard captures.
    — Tyson Gundersen, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Video of the service captures screams erupting inside the church as worshippers ran to his side and called for help.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of captures
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  • Severe injuries can occur because of the forces experienced during a ride, collisions, problems with restraints or other mechanical and operational incidents.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Summer Bates, who was at the Georgia park with her husband and three children and saw Kariem fall, told the AP previously that her older two children kept trying to push their restraints down tighter while on the ride.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of restraints
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  • Police made at least 272 arrests across the country, including in Paris.
    — SYLVIE CORBET, Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Under his leadership, the Office of Statewide Prosecution secured 2,000 arrests and hundreds of years in prison for those who prey on our state’s children.
    — Kimberly Bird, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrests
Noun
  • Although Saetern’s official cause of death was cocaine, Obayashi still considers deaths that happen after people go unconscious during detainments as in-custody deaths.
    — Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • However, detainments by federal agents have continued in the area.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 7 Sep. 2026
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