community service

noun

: work that is done without pay to help people in a community

She was sentenced to 100 hours of community service for her crime.

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What's next: To remain eligible for the program, students must attend mandatory meetings and log hours of community service through the end of the school year. —

Adam Tamburin, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024 In June 2022, he was sentenced to three years of probation, 450 hours of community service and a year of weekly domestic violence classes after pleading no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from an incident. —

Khobi Price, Orange County Register, 3 Nov. 2024 Gipson received a 90-day probationary sentence and was ordered to perform 50 hours of community service, Price said. —

Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024 Avoiding imprisonment, Markowitz was sentenced to 160 hours of community service and ordered to pay restitution. —

Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for community service

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