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)
Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Loughlin pleaded guilty and also served two months in a federal lockup in California.
—Matt Finn, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
Shares sold off further last month as the end of the lockup period approached, allowing company insiders to sell their shares.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
That stake may have been worth at least $128 million, based on the price range that DJT stock was fetching after the lockup expired.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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Trump Media has performed well since the former president vowed last month to not sell his shares in the company despite a lockup period that prevented him from doing so ending last month.
—Antonio Pequeño Iv, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
Loughlin pleaded guilty and also served two months in a federal lockup in California.
—Matt Finn, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2024
Shares sold off further last month as the end of the lockup period approached, allowing company insiders to sell their shares.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
That stake may have been worth at least $128 million, based on the price range that DJT stock was fetching after the lockup expired.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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That includes the men and women in the Justice Department who fought valiantly to jail Trump for numerous crimes.Mark R. Weaver, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Officer Herman Means was jailed Tuesday in Johnson County on preliminary domestic battery and strangulation charges following an investigation by Whiteland police.Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2024
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She could be sentenced to up to five years in prison if convicted.Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Most were ordered to pay a fine and received probation or a few months in prison.Sarah D. Wire, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024
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Several already have been convicted and imprisoned.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 18 Dec. 2024
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Trump could yet be imprisoned for those 34 felony counts.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Unsurprisingly, perhaps, Hollinger’s affairs proved to be a total mess: Black was later convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice and spent more than three years in a federal penitentiary.Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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From a federal penitentiary in Virginia, Jose Landa-Rodriguez reconnected with an old friend in California.Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
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“Lock (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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