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单词 lockups
释义

lockup

noun

lock·​up ˈläk-ˌəp How to pronounce lockup (audio)
1
: jail
especially : a local jail where persons are detained prior to court hearing
2
: an act of locking : the state of being locked

Synonyms

  • bastille
  • big house [slang]
  • bridewell
  • brig
  • calaboose
  • can
  • clink [slang]
  • cooler
  • coop
  • guardroom
  • hock
  • hold
  • hoosegow
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint [slang]
  • jug
  • nick [British slang]
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey [slang]
  • prison
  • quod [British slang]
  • slam
  • slammer
  • stir [slang]
  • stockade
  • tolbooth [Scottish]
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Example Sentences

the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
Recent Examples on the Web The ringleader, Alvin Banks, was sentenced to four years in prison— two in state prison and two in federal lockup— for organizing and hosting the fights at his home, which drew spectators from six states. Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 12 July 2022 He was released from the county lockup Sunday after posting $167,000 bond. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 Aug. 2022 Walker, dressed in blue jail scrubs, appeared Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Portland via video from the U.S. Marshal’s lockup, seated in front of a cinderblock wall, listening to the hearing by phone. oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2022 The 59-year-old British socialite was brought to the courtroom in Lower Manhattan from a lockup in Brooklyn where she has been held without bail. NBC News, 29 Nov. 2021 The defendant was released without bail shortly after his state booking and then re-booked at a federal lockup. Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 23 July 2022 Prison records show Lopez was most recently being held at a lockup in Gatesville. Julia Musto, Fox News, 14 May 2022 Prison records show Lopez was most recently being held at a lockup in Gatesville, more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from where authorities were searching. Chron, 12 May 2022 Tubbs was transferred from a lockup in Los Angeles to one in Kern County after the robbery charge was filed May 6, records show. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1746, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

lockup

noun

lock·​up ˈläk-ˌəp How to pronounce lockup (audio)
: prison

Legal Definition

lockup

noun

lock·​up
1
: a cell or group of cells (as in a courthouse) or jail where persons are held prior to a court hearing compare house of correction, house of detention, jail, penitentiary, prison
2
: the tactic of arranging with a friendly party an option to buy a valuable portion of one's corporate assets in order to discourage a takeover by another party

lockups

noun

plural of lockup
as in jails
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • jails
  • penitentiaries
  • prisons
  • brigs
  • stockades
  • pens
  • coolers
  • bastilles
  • pokeys
  • cages
  • coops
  • guardrooms
  • slammers
  • bridewells
  • big houses
  • nicks
  • dungeons
  • jailhouses
  • hocks
  • quods
  • jugs
  • clinks
  • tanks
  • joints
  • cells
  • tolbooths
  • slams
  • hoosegows
  • calabooses
  • stirs
  • cans
  • holds
  • wards
  • bull pens
  • gulags
  • reformatories
  • guardhouses
  • holes
  • hulks
  • keeps
  • concentration camps
  • prison camps
  • labor camps
  • blocks
  • work camps
  • oubliettes
  • reform schools
  • stalags
  • glasshouses
  • training schools

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outsides
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