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What does house arrest mean?

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Noun
  1. (law) 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.
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During the first few days of curfew, the city looked like a ghost town, the population holed up under collective house arrest.
He was held in custody for almost four months and then released under house arrest.
Instead, he wants to be held under house arrest, separated from other prisoners.
The activity was highly unusual as the barricaded street leading to her house has been left untended since her house arrest began.
Even while on house arrest he has been unable to ensure that he is available for them.
After the decision, the extradition case continued while Pinochet remained under house arrest.

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