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.

Examples of community service in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Mosby will also be required to complete 100 hours of community service. —

Melissa Noel, Essence, 24 May 2024 In addition, Mosby was ordered to complete 100 hours of community service, according to the judgment. —

Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 23 May 2024 He was sentenced to two years of probation and 200 hours of community service. —

Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 21 May 2024 In 2022, Cardi was sentenced to 15 days of community service for separate attacks on a pair of bartenders at a strip club in Queens four years prior, in what authorities alleged stemmed from a romantic rivalry over Offset. —

Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for community service

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