If someone is underhouse arrest, they are officially ordered not to leave their home, because they are suspected of being involved in an illegal activity.
The main opposition leaders had been arrested or placed under house arrest.
He was released from house arrest two years ago.
house arrest in British English
noun
confinement to one's own home
house arrest in American English
detention, often under guard, of an arrested person in that person's own home, a hospital, etc.
Examples of 'house arrest' in a sentence
house arrest
What about the man held under house arrest for two years after being found innocent in court.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He was sentenced to two years house arrest followed by eight years probation.
The Sun (2013)
Some have been scared off or put under house arrest.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The judge then sent her home under house arrest until she finished her homework.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He's been under house arrest for two years.
Christianity Today (2000)
Initially detained in custody, he was put under house arrest at the weekend.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
But when a second copper is killed, the sleuth is put under house arrest.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It's absolutely clear that people are put under house arrest without actually being able to answer charges put to them.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
I spent 45 days in prison and after that was put under house arrest.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Ministers are powerless to put him under house arrest because the US has dropped all charges against him.
The Sun (2009)
He was one of 400 foreigners held under house arrest for two weeks after the 1979 revolution.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
In Rome he was under house arrest for another two years, though people were able to come to him to hear the gospel.
Marcus J. Borg READING THE BIBLE AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME: Taking the Bible Seriously but Not Literally. (2001)
In other languages
house arrest
British English: house arrest NOUN
If someone is under house arrest, they are officially ordered not to leave their home, because they are suspected of being involved in an illegal activity.
The main opposition leaders had been arrested or placed under house arrest.