house arrest
Sentenced to stay
House arrest is confinement to one's home as a form of punishment or detention, typically enforced by an electronic monitoring device worn on the ankle.
It serves as an alternative to imprisonment, allowing someone to remain at home while restricting their movements: She was sentenced to six months of house arrest.
The term also applies to political detention, where governments confine dissidents to their residences without formal charges.
Temporary official holding
- restrictionLimit on action
- curfewMandated return time
- boundariesLines marking separation
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
isolation · lockdown · containment · homebound · incarceration · imprisonment · grounded · sequestration
Chain worn around lower leg
- GPS trackingSatellite-based position detection
- electronic monitoringRemote tracking via devices
- curfewMandated return time
- check-insArrival confirmations
parole officer · geofencing · tamper detection · alerts · reporting · remote monitoring · supervision · compliance
Complete thought, grammatically
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- convictionFirmly held belief
- defendantParty facing charges
plea · bail · probation · parole · jurisdiction · mandate · decree · injunction
Opposer of established systems
- activistVigorous cause champion
- opposition leaderHead of non-governing party
- regimeSystem of governance
- authoritarianFavoring absolute control
Navalny · repression · silencing · persecution · prisoner of conscience · human rights · censorship · exile
detention
Temporary official holding
- restrictionLimit on action
- curfewMandated return time
- boundariesLines marking separation
quarantine · isolation · lockdown · containment · homebound · incarceration · imprisonment · grounded · sequestration · immobility
ankle bracelet
Chain worn around lower leg
- GPS trackingSatellite-based position detection
- electronic monitoringRemote tracking via devices
- curfewMandated return time
check-ins · parole officer · geofencing · tamper detection · alerts · reporting · remote monitoring · supervision · compliance · enforcement
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
- courtTrial venue or sports surface
- judgeOne who decides
- convictionFirmly held belief
defendant · plea · bail · probation · parole · jurisdiction · mandate · decree · injunction · sanction
dissident
Opposer of established systems
- activistVigorous cause champion
- opposition leaderHead of non-governing party
- regimeSystem of governance
Navalny · authoritarian · repression · silencing · persecution · prisoner of conscience · human rights · censorship · exile · political prisoner
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
- probationprobation officer, adult probation, juvenile probation, supervision, parole conditions
- criminal justicejail, court, prison, crime, guilty
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
house arrestmaximum security
Highest-level prison classification
solitary confinement · imprisonment · incarceration · prison · jail
house arrestfreedom
Absence of constraint
liberty · free movement · release · acquittal · exoneration
house, arrest, housing, houses, warehouse, housework, housekeeper, housed, courthouse