house-arrest

verb

To put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.

Meanings

verbhouse-arrest (third-person singular simple present house-arrests, present participle house-arresting, simple past and past participle house-arrested)

present singular third person house-arrests · participle present house-arresting · participle past house-arrested · past house-arrested

  1. To put on house arrest; to legally confine someone to their house.
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “house-arrest,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/house-arrest.

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