Guard
Held
Held adjective - Occupied or in the control of; often used in combination.
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- Hana is caught by a guard and held at gunpoint.
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The Guards Must Be Crazy: Khan, a superstrong megalomaniac, is being held in a room with one guard outside the door.
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In Wyrd Sisters, Magrat is accosted and held by a palace guard, who tells her "I like a girl with spirit." The author lampshades this mercilessly, and goes on to say that the guard was incorrect, as it turned out.
Source: I Have You Now, My Pretty
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