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)
Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Officers with batons formed a perimeter around the adjacent Metropolitan Detention Center, the federal lockup, drawing attention from National Guard troops who lined the area.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 9 June 2025
Thus, the risk of the lockup’s end creating lower lows ended, making that decline a one-time event.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
These insiders are free to sell once the lockup expires, typically causing the shares to drop or become more volatile.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 23 June 2025
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Noun
Prosecutors said MacGregor allegedly escorted the defendant, his attorney and an interpreter downstairs to the lockup and used his security access card to open the rear sally-port exit and release the defendant.
—Danielle Wallace, FOXNews.com, 9 June 2025
Officers with batons formed a perimeter around the adjacent Metropolitan Detention Center, the federal lockup, drawing attention from National Guard troops who lined the area.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 9 June 2025
Thus, the risk of the lockup’s end creating lower lows ended, making that decline a one-time event.
—John S. Tobey, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
These insiders are free to sell once the lockup expires, typically causing the shares to drop or become more volatile.
—Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lock (up)
Verb
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According to Collin County records, he was jailed and released.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 July 2025
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Maxwell was jailed for 20 years in June 2022 following a one month trial concluding in December 2021.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
Noun
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If convicted, the charges carry sentences that could send her to prison for years.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 July 2025
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An ex-con who went to prison for shooting a teenager to death during a birthday party went on to go into business as a gun trafficker in Queens after his release on parole, federal prosecutors say.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
6 July 2025
Verb
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Those imprisoned under that code were forced to wear a pink triangle to denote homosexuality.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 June 2025
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The crackdown left hundreds killed, thousands imprisoned and several executed.—
Sahar Zand,
ABC News,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Weger was taken to the Illinois state penitentiary in Joliet to begin his life sentence.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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On top of her one-year sentence on obscenity charges, Adams was sentenced to six months at a women’s penitentiary—a pair of punishments that allowed authorities to start considering whether to ship her back to Poland upon her release from prison.—
Kellie B. Gormly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
26 June 2025
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“Lock (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20%28up%29. Accessed 14 Jul. 2025.
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