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
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Mosby will also be required to complete 100 hours of community service.
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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
These are students who deserve recognition for their academic excellence or outstanding school or community service.
—Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
That initiative brought back the city’s prosecution of low-level crimes through a model intended to first offer most offenders the chance to do community service in exchange for dismissing charges.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
In and out of jail, pregnant again A judge offered Wright to participate in the drug court program, which involved multiple weekly group meetings, random drug screenings, working or going to school full-time, weekly check-ins, and 100 hours of community service.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 May 2024
That soldier was given no jail time — only three months of community service.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 8 May 2024
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
These are students who deserve recognition for their academic excellence or outstanding school or community service.
—Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 13 May 2024
That initiative brought back the city’s prosecution of low-level crimes through a model intended to first offer most offenders the chance to do community service in exchange for dismissing charges.
—Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 4 Apr. 2024
In and out of jail, pregnant again A judge offered Wright to participate in the drug court program, which involved multiple weekly group meetings, random drug screenings, working or going to school full-time, weekly check-ins, and 100 hours of community service.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 May 2024
That soldier was given no jail time — only three months of community service.
—Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 8 May 2024
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“Community service.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/community%20service. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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