house arrestnoun
uk/ˈhaʊs əˌrest/us/ˈhaʊs əˌrest/under house arrest
legally forced to stay in your house as if in prison:
The opposition leader has just been put/placed under house arrest.
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Putting people in prison
- at His/Her Majesty's pleasure idiom
- bang
- bang sb up
- bar
- behind bars idiom
- bird
- hold
- imprison
- incarcerate
- internment
- jail
- lag
- lock
- pen
- restraint
- rot
- rot in jail, prison, etc. idiom
- send
- send sb down
- serve
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