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Serve Months Prison F Bridges Federal House Arrest

Word serve
QType F
Sentence Bridges will ________ 18 months in federal prison, six months on house arrest and 18 months on supervised release.
Source Washington Times
Source URL https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/ex-indiana-jail-administrator-admits-to-stealing-2/
Source Title Ex-Indiana jail administrator admits to stealing $260,000
Choices refer | serve | blast | drift
Correct Answer serve
Definition In this question, serve is a verb that means to spend a period in prison or in a labor camp.
Blurb

To serve is to perform a role or function. While your co-worker is out sick, you gladly serve as his replacement until he gets better.

Serve comes from the Latin word for servant or slave, but you can serve people without being subordinate to them. You might serve your family hamburgers for dinner, or serve the tennis ball. If you serve a cause, you devote yourself to it. Bug repellant will serve you well on a summer fishing trip. In prison you serve time. If you're elected Mayor, you'll serve a term of three or four years.

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