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bastille, big house [slang], bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, clink [slang], cooler, coop, guardroom, hock, hold, hoosegow, jail, jailhouse, joint [slang], jug, nick [British slang], pen, penitentiary, pokey [slang], prison, quod [British slang], slam, slammer, stir [slang], stockade, tolbooth [Scottish]
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Notice an irony here: Google’s bosses are shielded from any challenge coming from disappointed shareholders by a special voting-rights lockup. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, "Google Confronts Its Bolsheviks," 13 Nov. 2018 The suspect was arrested at the scene and is being held at a police lockup until the arraignment, which could happen Thursday. — Fox News, "Police: Teen fatally stabs love rival at Detroit-area school," 12 Sep. 2018 After the Sinaloa cartel boss was recaptured and thrown in another Mexican lockup, the orginization paid a $2 million bribe to a prison official in exchange for getting him moved back to Altiplano, the witness said. — Tom Hays, The Seattle Times, "Witness: El Chapo’s wife was in on plans for prison escape," 23 Jan. 2019 Photo: Michael Bucher for The Wall Street Journal For companies that can forgo the cash, the benefits include sidestepping hefty underwriting fees and avoiding lockups that prevent insiders from selling shares for a set period. — Maureen Farrell, WSJ, "Slack Plans to Follow Spotify on Unconventional IPO Route," 11 Jan. 2019 And employees, who are subject to often six-month lockups that keep them from selling their shares. — Theodore Schleifer, Recode, "The 2019 IPO class headlined by Uber will create a ton of new wealth. Will the billions go to mansions or missions?," 20 Dec. 2018 Vos said that county juvenile lockups have been cheaper and more successful than the state's prison. — Jason Stein, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin should use tolls to get matching money for Trump's infrastructure plan, top lawmakers say," 7 Feb. 2018 The agreement would overhaul conditions at the troubled Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls and establish policies for new juvenile lockups that are to be built in the coming years. — Patrick Marley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Sweeping deal with teen inmates will see Wisconsin end use of pepper spray and restrict solitary at teen prisons," 1 June 2018 Other government agencies have also considered eliminating media lockups. — Alexander Osipovich, WSJ, "U.S. Tries to Rein In High-Speed Trading in Farm Patch," 15 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'lockup.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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