as in to jail
to put in or as if in prison
if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!
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as in jail
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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Recent Examples of lock (up)
Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
How does the franchise use the long-term lockup of Guerrero’s heading forward?
—Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
She is being held in a federal lockup in Brooklyn, records obtained by the AP show.
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Dali, 57, is a legal resident of the United States.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The arrests, announced Thursday by acting U.S. Attorney John Durham, cover a dozen incidents at the notorious lockup, which has long been plagued by violence, grim living conditions and medical mistreatment woes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Industry experts say some of the reasons are plain to see: Reports of detentions and deportations, including the weekslong lockup of European tourists, have sowed fears of bad experiences at the border.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Apr. 2025
How does the franchise use the long-term lockup of Guerrero’s heading forward?
—Richard Deitsch, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
She is being held in a federal lockup in Brooklyn, records obtained by the AP show.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
Dali, 57, is a legal resident of the United States.
—Pilar Arias, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
The arrests, announced Thursday by acting U.S. Attorney John Durham, cover a dozen incidents at the notorious lockup, which has long been plagued by violence, grim living conditions and medical mistreatment woes.
—John Annese, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock (up)
Verb
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Combs has been jailed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since his arrest.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
20 May 2025
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Donald had also been jailed on weapon possession charges.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Noun
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He was convicted again about a decade later and sentenced to more time in prison.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
31 May 2025
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After a guilty plea, Brown faces up to 20 years in prison.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
Verb
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Law enforcement officers in Arkansas were on the hunt Wednesday for a former police chief who broke out of a state facility where he was imprisoned for rape and murder.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
29 May 2025
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Larry Hoover remains imprisoned under a state murder conviction despite the commutation of his federal sentences by President Donald Trump.—
Tahar Rajab,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The gallows, where 15 penitentiary inmates were executed by hanging, were no longer there.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Instead, Trump took a number of potshots at his sometime opponent during a Tuesday press conference, less than 48 hours after ordering the Bureau of Prisons to reopen Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
7 May 2025
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“Lock (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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