OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 23611

house arrest

Meanings (ES + gloss)
arraigo domiciliario • arresto domiciliario
Confinement 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 sentenc…
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