: confinement often under guard to one's house or quarters instead of in prison
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His diary-like home production This Is Not a Film was produced under house arrest, while the masterful Taxi was shot within the confines of a cab that the director himself drove around Tehran.—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025 Subramanian rejected the idea Combs be kept under house arrest at a home with a boat dock in Miami but seemed open to potentially releasing him to confinement with around-the-clock security at a three-bedroom apartment on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025 In the past two decades, Panahi, like many of his countrymen and fellow-artists, has faced continual persecution by the Iranian government: he has been detained and imprisoned, placed under house arrest, forbidden to leave the country, and banned from filmmaking.—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025 Conditions of Anthony’s bond included being on house arrest and wearing an ankle monitor.—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for house arrest
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