Community Service Definition

noun
Unpaid work which benefits the community; specif., such work imposed on a convicted person as a sentence.
Webster's New World
Similar work performed by law offenders to serve a sentence in lieu of or in addition to jail time.
American Heritage

Service or activity done for the benefit of the community at large, such as cleaning, fundraising, pro bono professional services, etc.

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Community Service Sentence Examples

  • Many families choose to serve together in community service projects to teach their children hands-on moral lessons that simply cannot be taught sitting in a classroom.

  • The requirements to earn this rank include completing merit badges, serving as a member of a troop and completing community service projects.

  • I have been a passionate advocate of unpaid work, community punishment, community service over the years.

  • Jonathan Woodgate was found not guilty of GBH but convicted of making an affray and given 100 hours of community service.

  • Ms Dynamite has been fined and order to do community service after admitting to assaulting a policewoman outside a London nightclub on January 6th.

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