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Lock-down

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Lock´-down`
n.1.A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting; - used by lumbermen.


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Patriot Act-inspired emergency protocols in place at many schools provide for prolonged lock-downs in the event of an actual emergency.
Students locked down, parents locked out by The New American
SAUGUS - As two armed burglary suspects detoured into Rosedell Elementary on Monday while fleeing from authorities, school officials cleared the grounds of lunching children and completed a campuswide lock-down within 30 seconds.
ARMED, FLEEING SUSPECTS TRIGGER SHUTDOWN HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS GO INTO ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
LANCASTER - A prison-wide search for contraband during a two-week emergency lock-down at the state prison turned up about 18 weapons, predominantly sharp instruments fashioned from scrap metal.
CONTRABAND SEIZED IN STATE PRISON WEAPONS AND DRUGS FOUND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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