close arrest

Janet had taken deep offense that the commanding officer should have sent her brother into close arrest without first hearing of the extreme provocation.

From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington

"Use that to have the man placed under close arrest at once!" he said harshly.

From Dave Dawson at Casablanca by Robert Sydney Bowen

Then, with sudden effort, "I—you are hereby placed in close arrest and confined to your quarters—by order of Colonel Stone."

From A Soldier's Trial An Episode of the Canteen Crusade by Charles King

At 1 a.m. on the 31st the authorities raided the isolated hut on the Norfolk coast, captured the German telegraph operator in the act of communicating with Borkum, and hurried him away under close arrest.

From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman

A quarter of an hour later, in close arrest, Lieutenant Winn returned to his own roof and locked himself in his den.

From A Trooper Galahad by Charles King