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
For which piece of impudence the veteran went straightway to Sudsville in close arrest.
From An Apache Princess A Tale of the Indian Frontier by Frederic Remington
Captain Pollock was placed in command of the post and Devers in close arrest.
From Under Fire by C. B. Cox
Placed in close arrest because of previous telegrams.
From A Wounded Name 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
