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lockup

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lock·up  (lkp)
n.
1. Informal A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.
2.
a. The act or an instance of locking.
b. The state of being locked.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.lockup - jail in a local police station
gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer, clink - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
2.lockuplockup - the act of locking something up to protect it
locking
protection - the activity of protecting someone or something; "the witnesses demanded police protection"


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Didn't he write in those idiotic broadsheets that anyone, 'whoever it might be, should be dragged to the lockup by his hair'?
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) Then he remembered how he had spent a night in the lockup for disorderly conduct in the street.
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The fight concerned a trunk and ended by the doctor's being escorted to the vil- lage lockup.
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