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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of chaperone.

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Examples

  • At a meeting scheduled for June 25, the SEC will also propose removing barriers to U.S. investors dealing with foreign broker-dealers, including a requirement that foreign brokers be "chaperoned" by a U.S. broker.

    Cox May Revise Rules 2008

  • No student is allowed to talk or otherwise interact with another student of the opposite sex outside of a "chaperoned" area.

    Sound Politics: Liberals Remain Miffed About Religion 2006

  • My previous jaunts to D.C. were quite short and usually "chaperoned", hence I'd never really taken part in the nightlife scene at all.

    Archive 2005-05-01 Michelle Collins 2005

  • And now, since you will not put me quite at my ease by assuming, in words, that I have been properly 'chaperoned' here,

    Mrs. Falchion, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897

  • Since launching last year and giving music fans across Australia the chance to see great new music live, the first JD Set tour for 2009 will feature your choice of bands "chaperoned" around the countryside by the illustrious Mr. Rogers and Co.

    Undercover Music News 2009

  • Since launching last year and giving music fans across Australia the chance to see great new music live, the first JD Set tour for 2009 will feature your choice of bands "chaperoned" around the countryside by the illustrious Mr. Rogers and Co.

    Undercover Music News 2009

  • Since launching last year and giving music fans across Australia the chance to see great new music live, the first JD Set tour for 2009 will feature your choice of bands "chaperoned" around the countryside by the illustrious Mr. Rogers and Co.

    Undercover Music News 2009

  • And now, since you will not put me quite at my ease by assuming, in words, that I have been properly 'chaperoned' here, I must inform you that my father waits hard by -- is, as my riotous young brother says, 'without on the mat.'"

    The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker Gilbert Parker 1897

  • And now, since you will not put me quite at my ease by assuming, in words, that I have been properly 'chaperoned' here, I must inform you that my father waits hard by -- is, as my riotous young brother says, 'without on the mat.'"

    Mrs. Falchion, Volume 2. Gilbert Parker 1897

  • The spectacle featured 39 miniature models who paraded a catwalk inside the company's Fifth Avenue flagship, wearing logo-printed capes, tiered peasant skirts and skinny pants, all chaperoned by Kelly Rutherford of "Gossip Girl."

    Branding the Baby Sameer Reddy 2011

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