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escorted

adjective B2
  1. With or having an escort.
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Instead of that he took two tickets for the theatre, escorted his fiancée halfway there, and then suddenly disappeared.”
Sherlock Holmes: The Bruce-Partington Plans, p. 11 · B2
Seeing a stranger, escorted by two turnkeys holding torches and accompanied by two soldiers, and to whom the governor spoke bareheaded, Dantès, who guessed the truth, and that the moment to address himself to the superior authorities was come, sprang forward with clasped hands.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 130 · C1
At this moment the door of the minister’s box opened, and Madame Danglars, accompanied by her daughter, entered, escorted by Lucien Debray, who assiduously conducted them to their seats.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 542 · C1
Then, to justify myself, I should say that you gave me the money; this would cause inquiries, it would be found that I left Toulon without giving due notice, and I should then be escorted back to the shores of the Mediterranean.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 686 · C1

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