under guard
idiom
: 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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Weinstein, whose health has deteriorated since his legal troubles began, is spending his time outside the courthouse under guard at Manhattan’s Bellevue Hospital — a reprieve from the city’s notoriously harsh and dysfunctional Rikers Island jail granted by Judge Farber during jury selection.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
There, under cover of an otherwise still night, the troops take over a seemingly ordinary home, place the inhabitants under guard and stake out the area.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Immediately after closing arguments, the judge read the jury instructions, and the jury was sequestered under guard.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Unlike in Turkey, where within the first hour of troop deployment, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim appeared on television to declare that the military movements were unauthorized and vowed that those responsible would be punished, Egypt’s civilian leaders were under guard.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2016
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 24 Apr. 2025
There, under cover of an otherwise still night, the troops take over a seemingly ordinary home, place the inhabitants under guard and stake out the area.
—Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
Immediately after closing arguments, the judge read the jury instructions, and the jury was sequestered under guard.
—Jim McGregor, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Unlike in Turkey, where within the first hour of troop deployment, Prime Minister Binali Yildirim appeared on television to declare that the military movements were unauthorized and vowed that those responsible would be punished, Egypt’s civilian leaders were under guard.
—Steven A. Cook, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2016
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“Under guard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20guard. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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