armed guard

collocation in English

meaningsofarmedandguard

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armed
adjective
uk
/ɑːmd/us
/ɑːrmd/
using or ...
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guard
noun[C]
uk
/ɡɑːd/us
/ɡɑːrd/
a person or group of people whose job is to protect a person, place, or thing from danger or attack, or to prevent a person such as a criminal ...
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(Definition ofarmedandguardfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A man was arrested during the raid, presumed to be thearmedguardof the safehouse.
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The police allow foreigners to travel there only with a hiredarmedguard.
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The detainees would be underarmedguardand always on iron legs.
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He acknowledged serving as anarmedguardand escorting prisoners to their work sites and denied any personal role in or witnessing of any atrocities.
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When all of the tests were completed (often underarmedguard), the conflict also ended.
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Most of the time, arsenal military police brought workers underarmedguardback to the arsenal for discipline.
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There could be anarmedguardin every carriage to make people feel really safe, but that would be expensive.
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It is inconceivable that each woman should be protected by anarmedguard.
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They were not ill-treated, but were held underarmedguard.
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In many other countries these materials are already underarmedguard.
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There was noarmedguard, and no snow on their boots either.
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Imagine the horror of not just adults but tiny children underarmedguardin those conditions.
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Is it disputed that there was anarmedguardover this aircraft?
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There was no discussion or consultation; there was only anarmedguardon a bulldozer to enforce compliance.
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The police take them seriously because they have provided anarmedguardfor the person who is the object of the threats.
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The master informed the immigration authorities that he was not granting any shore leave, and placed anarmedguardat the gangway to enforce his order.
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The prisoners there are underarmedguard.
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The building was surrounded by a double barbed wire fence and kept underarmedguard24/7.
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The prisoners were interned there in tents underarmedguard.
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It included saferooms and a trainedarmedguardto watch it.
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