ankle bracelet
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈæŋkəl ˈbreɪslɪt/
- Specialized
:
grillete electrónico
- As part of her release conditions, she is required to wear an ankle bracelet that tracks her movements.
- wear an ankle bracelet
- electronic ankle bracelet
- monitor ankle bracelet
Oh, she's got a little ankle monitor, little ankle bracelet.
- Oh, she's got a little ankle monitor, little ankle bracelet.
- So they within a few months of being out, they fitted me with this giant ankle bracelet and now I had a curfew.
- Two years with an ankle bracelet and the six months now and six months, it's unbelievable.
Examples
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In addition to going to church, Alred will need to wear an ankle bracelet to monitor his alcohol intake, speak at events about the negative results of drinking and driving, finish high school, and go for counseling.
Blog text (28) -
Church is the least of his sentence; the lectures, drug testing, ankle bracelet, probation, etc. are the real sentence.
Blog text (28) -
Two years with an ankle bracelet and the six months now and six months, it's unbelievable.
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Where you will be required to wear an ankle bracelet at all times to ensure you do not leave your parent's residence.
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So they within a few months of being out, they fitted me with this giant ankle bracelet and now I had a curfew.
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Yeah, that's where that's where you end up with a with an ankle bracelet that has you on house arrest in the best case, right.
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After receiving bail, he will have to wear an ankle bracelet to ensure he stays within the designated area.
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The offender was fitted with an ankle bracelet to monitor his location during his probation period.
Synonyms
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6.7
An electronic device worn on the ankle to show where a person is under a court order
How Monitored
- Specialized
6
3.5
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3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
ankle + bracelet
The compound clearly combines 'ankle' (a body part) and 'bracelet' (an item worn around a joint), so a B1 learner would readily infer it denotes a band worn on the ankle. However, the specialized legal meaning as an electronic monitoring device is not predictable from the constituents alone, making the phrase only partially transparent.
Etymology
Ankle bracelet can also mean a small electronic band worn on the ankle that 'watches' a person's 'location' and movement. Think of a band that sends a signal to the court or police when a judge lets someone stay out of jail, so it means 'a tracking device used by the legal system'.