Meanings
nounhouse arrest (countable and uncountable, plural house arrests)
plural house arrests
- countableuncountablelawConfinement of a person to his or her residence, sometimes with a limited travel allowance, ordered by a judge or other authority as a more lenient alternative to imprisonment.
Convicted in Federal District Court in Brooklyn of insurance fraud, a 35-year-old legal secretary could have received up to 50 years in prison and a $56,000 fine. The judge sentenced her instead to house arrest for two years.
1986 July 20, Richard Haitch, “Follow-up on the News: House Arrest Instead of Prison”, in New York Times, retrieved 27 Apr 2014
Translations
Arabic إِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّة
- إِقَامَة جَبْرِيَّةconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Bengali গৃহবন্দি
- গৃহবন্দি (grihobondi)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Bulgarian домашен арест
- домашен арест (domašen arest)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Catalan arrest domiciliari
- arrest domiciliariconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Chinese Mandarin 軟禁 /软禁, 幽禁
- 軟禁 /软禁 (ruǎnjìn)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- 幽禁 (yōujìn)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Czech domácí vězení
- domácí vězeníconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Danish husarrest
- husarrestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Dutch huisarrest
- huisarrestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Esperanto hejmaresto
- hejmarestoconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Estonian koduarest
- koduarestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Finnish kotiaresti
- kotiaresticonfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
French résidence surveillée, assignation à résidence
- résidence surveilléeconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- assignation à résidenceconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
German Hausarrest
- Hausarrestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Hebrew מעצר בית
- מעצר ביתconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Hindi घर में नज़रबंदी, नज़रबंदी
- घर में नज़रबंदी (ghar mẽ nazarbandī)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- नज़रबंदी (nazarbandī)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Hungarian házi őrizet
- házi őrizetconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Indonesian tahanan rumah
- tahanan rumahconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Irish braighdeanas baile
- braighdeanas baileconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Italian arresti domiciliari, detenzione domiciliare
- arresti domiciliariconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- detenzione domiciliareconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Japanese 軟禁
- 軟禁 (nankin)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Korean 가택 연금
- 가택 연금 (gataeng nyeon'geum)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Lithuanian namų areštas
- namų areštasconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Norwegian Bokmål husarrest
- husarrestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Persian حبس خانگی
- حبس خانگیconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Polish areszt domowy
- areszt domowyconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Portuguese prisão domiciliária, prisão domiciliar
- prisão domiciliáriaconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- prisão domiciliarconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Romanian arest la domiciliu
- arest la domiciliuconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Russian дома́шний аре́ст
- дома́шний аре́ст (domášnij arést)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Spanish arraigo domiciliario, arresto domiciliario
- arraigo domiciliarioconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
- arresto domiciliarioconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Swahili kizuizini nyumbani
- kizuizini nyumbaniconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Swedish husarrest
- husarrestconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Turkish ev hapsi
- ev hapsiconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Ukrainian дома́шній аре́шт
- дома́шній аре́шт (domášnij aréšt)confinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Vietnamese quản thúc tại gia
- quản thúc tại giaconfinement of a person, by authorities, to his or her residence
Cite this entry
APA
house arrest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20arrest
MLA
“house arrest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20arrest. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house arrest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house%20arrest.
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