he is under house arrest
1be under house arrest — phrase to be officially prevented from leaving your home, usually because you have been accused of a political crime Thesaurus: punishments outside of prisonhyponym Main entry: house arrest …
2house arrest — house ar.rest n be under house arrest to be kept as a prisoner by a government, staying inside your house rather than in a prison …
3house arrest — house ar,rest noun uncount be under house arrest to be officially prevented from leaving your home, usually because you have been accused of a political crime …
4House arrest — For other uses, see House arrest (disambiguation). In justice and law, house arrest (also called home confinement, home detention, or electronic monitoring) is a measure by which a person is confined by the authorities to his or her residence.… …
5house arrest — noun confinement to your own home • Hypernyms: ↑confinement * * * noun [noncount] law : the condition of being forced to stay in your home rather than in prison as a form of punishment often used with under He was placed under house arrest until… …
6house arrest — N UNCOUNT: usu under N 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 …
7house arrest — n. to place, put smb. under house arrest * * * put smb. under house arrest to place …
8house arrest — noun be under house arrest to be told that you must stay inside your house by the government …
9house arrest — confinement of an arrested person to his or her residence or to a public place, as a hospital, instead of in a jail: He was under house arrest until the day of his trial. [1935 40] * * * …
10house arrest — UK / US noun be under house arrest …
