under guard
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: in the position of someone (such as a prisoner) who is being watched by a guard
He was arrested and placed under guard.
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Daly is at a hospital receiving medical treatment under guard, prosecutors said.
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CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Daly is at a hospital receiving medical treatment under guard, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
While in custody, Dale Grogan reportedly began exhibiting increasingly erratic and self-destructive behavior, attempting to gouge out his own eyes while being held in the county jail, prompting deputies to intervene and transport him under guard to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Aita suffered stab wounds to the abdomen, back, face and neck and collapsed in a stairwell; his girlfriend underwent surgery and is being held under guard at the hospital.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Daly is at a hospital receiving medical treatment under guard, prosecutors said.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
While in custody, Dale Grogan reportedly began exhibiting increasingly erratic and self-destructive behavior, attempting to gouge out his own eyes while being held in the county jail, prompting deputies to intervene and transport him under guard to a nearby hospital for emergency treatment.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
Aita suffered stab wounds to the abdomen, back, face and neck and collapsed in a stairwell; his girlfriend underwent surgery and is being held under guard at the hospital.
—Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for under guard
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“Under guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20guard. Accessed 3 Mar. 2026.
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