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Recent Examples of house arrest
Renard remained under house arrest, but after some time, his lawyers successfully filed a motion to remove his ankle monitor and Renard joined the world of dating apps.
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Natalie Morales, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
The owner of the agency was investigated for possible human trafficking and spent two months under house arrest, but after being transferred to another court the case was ultimately dropped.
Denis Herman, the agency’s legal representative, denied the mistreatment of women.
—Lili Rutai, The Dial, 7 Jan. 2025
In the News Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia, won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence, which is set to end in 2028, under house arrest.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
He was placed on house arrest in 2020 and released later that year.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Natalie Morales, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2025
The owner of the agency was investigated for possible human trafficking and spent two months under house arrest, but after being transferred to another court the case was ultimately dropped.
Denis Herman, the agency’s legal representative, denied the mistreatment of women.
—Lili Rutai, The Dial, 7 Jan. 2025
In the News Najib Razak, former prime minister of Malaysia, won an appeal to pursue his bid to serve the remainder of his corruption sentence, which is set to end in 2028, under house arrest.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Jan. 2025
He was placed on house arrest in 2020 and released later that year.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for house arrest
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The driver of that vehicle, Amy Dawn Crouch, 46, of Lenexa, was taken into custody on suspicion of driving under the influence.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Police blocked roads around the home to establish a perimeter and the Meridian Police Department’s Special Tactics Group team helped take the three suspects into custody.—
Kevin Fixler,
Idaho Statesman,
20 Jan. 2025
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Rebecca Hamilton, formerly a lawyer in the ICC’s prosecutorial division, wrote in Just Security about the double standard the U.S. is forced into by opposing the ICC following the Taliban arrest warrants.—
Beth Bailey,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Years later, investigators are still searching for suspects — and a motive It’s now been more than seven years since Maggie Long’s killing, and there have been no arrests.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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One of the most exciting innovations in carbon removal is direct air capture (DAC), or the process of using machines to extract carbon directly from the atmosphere.—
Swish Goswami,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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Abbott is offering a $5,000 bounty for intelligence that leads to the capture of members of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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“House arrest.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/house%20arrest. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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