Definition of lockup
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the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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LOCKUP Defined for English Language Learners
lockup
playDefinition of lockup for English Language Learners
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: a place where prisoners are kept
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: a garage (sense 1) that is rented out
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lockup
Legal Definition of lockup
1 : a cell or group of cells (as in a courthouse) or jail where persons are held prior to a court hearing — compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, penitentiary, prison
2 : the tactic of arranging with a friendly party an option to buy a valuable portion of one's corporate assets in order to discourage a takeover by another party
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