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Recent Examples of house arrest
According to court records, Crouch has been placed on house arrest with GPS monitoring and is prohibited from going within 500 yards of the victim’s residence.
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
Lacy’s bail has been set at $50,000, and he is also being held on suspicion of violating the terms of his house arrest, according to jail records.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Abedini remains in detention in Italy but has asked a Milan court to grant him house arrest pending an extradition hearing.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The authorities swooped in with searches all over—Bucharest, Ilfov—and now four of them are in custody, two on house arrest.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 20 Jan. 2025
Lacy’s bail has been set at $50,000, and he is also being held on suspicion of violating the terms of his house arrest, according to jail records.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
Abedini remains in detention in Italy but has asked a Milan court to grant him house arrest pending an extradition hearing.
—Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2025
The authorities swooped in with searches all over—Bucharest, Ilfov—and now four of them are in custody, two on house arrest.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
Noun
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White was arrested for the murder the following month and is currently in custody serving a nine-year sentence for gun charges.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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As if that weren’t enough, Swift is also allegedly involved in a difficult custody situation involving her godson with actress Jaime King and filmmaker Kyle Newman.—
Jenzia Burgos,
StyleCaster,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Police do not have their identities yet but anticipate other arrests once they are identified, the spokesperson said.—
Minyvonne Burke,
NBC news,
27 Mar. 2025
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Israeli director Abraham, who had previously criticised the organisation’s failure to publicly support Hamdan in the wake of his arrest, has hit out at a letter co-signed by Bill Kramer and Janet Yang sent to Academy members on Wednesday, seemingly in response to what happened to Ballal.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Nearly 40 years ago, Ronald Reagan warned that the Department of Education was primed for capture by the education blob, the teachers’ unions, and lobbyists trying to get their piece of the pie.—
The Editors,
National Review,
21 Mar. 2025
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The war was triggered by Hamas’ terrorist attack on Oct. 7, 2023, one of Israel’s worst security failures, which led to the killing of 1,200 people, and the capture of 251 people who were taken to Gaza as hostages, according to Israeli tallies.—
Reuters,
NBC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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