close arrest
Example Sentences
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"Use that to have the man placed under close arrest at once!" he said harshly.
From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sydney Bowen
He is now under close arrest and will be handed over to the tender mercies of a court-martial.
From The Incomparable 29th and the "River Clyde" by George Davidson
Montezuma denied it, and despatched messengers to the offending cacique, directing that he be put under close arrest and brought to the capital.
From South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure by Cyrus Townsend Brady
Sandy could not be held in close arrest beyond the eighth day; but that the affair would have to be thoroughly investigated by general court everybody felt and said.
From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King
It had been immediately reported by the soldiers who had seen it; M. de Berg was under close arrest, and the police were diligently seeking his antagonist.
From Tales from Blackwood, Volume 7 by Herbert Willis
