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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In June 2024, three people were sentenced to eight months in prison after being found guilty of racially abusing Vinicius Jr in that May 2023 match at Valencia.—
Colin Millar,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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In that case, Douglas was sentenced to five years of probation and had his 2-year prison sentence stayed, court documents say.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Mujica was imprisoned for thirteen years, much of it in a solitary underground cell—an experience that nearly drove him mad.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
New Yorker,
16 May 2025
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The Trump administration deported over 200 immigrants to the Central American country in two separate flights after securing a deal with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, which involved paying the nation's government millions of dollars to imprison migrants.—
Billal Rahman
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 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 29 May. 2025.
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