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lock (up)
Synonyms and Antonyms of lock (up)
to put in or as if in prison
lockup
Synonyms and Antonyms of lockup
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody
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]
bull pen, cage, cell, hole, tank
glasshouse [British], guardhouse, hulk(s)
concentration camp, gulag, labor camp, prison camp, stalag, work camp
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