Carrying weapons (5)
I believe the answer is:
armed
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">carrying weapons</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(someone carrying a weapon is armed)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for armed that I've seen before include "Prepared for attack" , "unlike the Venus of Milo" , "Prepared for battle" , "ready for exchange?" , "Tooled up" .)