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)
Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The Brooklyn jail is the city’s only federal lockup and previously held high-profile inmates like Sam Bankman-Fried, Ghislaine Maxwell and R. Kelly.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Per the outlet, at least 645 defendants were sentenced to periods ranging from a few days to 22 years in federal lockup, with 250 people currently in custody.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Trump and other company insiders were barred from selling their shares until Sept. 19, when a lockup agreement expired.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Other individuals who worked to influence Trump and his Justice Department on Low’s behalf aren’t looking at decades in federal lockup.
—Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Jan. 2025
The Brooklyn jail is the city’s only federal lockup and previously held high-profile inmates like Sam Bankman-Fried, Ghislaine Maxwell and R. Kelly.
—Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
Per the outlet, at least 645 defendants were sentenced to periods ranging from a few days to 22 years in federal lockup, with 250 people currently in custody.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 8 Dec. 2024
Trump and other company insiders were barred from selling their shares until Sept. 19, when a lockup agreement expired.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2024
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Verb
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His reign didn’t last long — he was jailed by Mexican authorities in February 2019.—
John Annese,
New York Daily News,
24 Feb. 2025
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More than 600 Palestinians jailed in Israel will be freed in exchange, the Palestinian prisoners media office said Friday.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Feb. 2025
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In 2018, President Trump commuted the prison sentence of Alice Marie Johnson, who had served 22 years for drug trafficking and money laundering charges.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
25 Feb. 2025
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After enduring a lengthy trial, being sentenced to 10 years in prison and spending some time behind bars, Tortora’s conviction was eventually fully overturned by Italy’s Supreme Court in 1987 amid widespread belief that the TV host had been the victim of corrupt judges and prosecutors.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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He was imprisoned in Afghanistan from 2019 until just two weeks before the bombing, at which point he was recruited by an ISIS-K member to assist in the attack.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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Dahmer was imprisoned at the Columbia Correctional Institution in Wisconsin after being arrested in 1991.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
28 Feb. 2025
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The complaints at Lee mirror accounts from what was then a federal penitentiary, USP Thomson in Illinois, especially the overuse of four-point restraints.—
Christie Thompson,
NPR,
18 Dec. 2024
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Lamberth also noted that there are only about 16 transgender women housed in female penitentiaries, including the three plaintiffs who sued.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Lock (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lock%20%28up%29. Accessed 10 Mar. 2025.
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