تعريف house arrest في الإنجليزية الإنجليزية القاموس.
The situation where a person is confined, by the authorities, to his or her residence, possibly with travel allowed but restricted. Used as a lenient alternative to prison time
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. Confinement to one's quarters, rather than prison, by administrative or judicial order: a prisoner under house arrest. be under house arrest to be kept as a prisoner by a government, staying inside your house rather than in a prison