lockup

Noun

Meaning

A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

locking brig penitentiary gaol cell prison lock jail confinement detention reformatory Detention Center correctional facility holding cell penal institution
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Antonyms

liberty hand free release freedom exception
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Hypernyms

gaol clink pokey protection jail poky

Anagrams

uplock

Examples

According to the design, the market will contain 859 lockup shops and 676 stalls. Source: Internet

After creating her garden lair, Ivy arrived at Arkham and killed two security guards with her poisonous kiss, Bane retrieved Freeze's suit in the evidence lockup. Source: Internet

Avenatti was transferred from a federal lockup in California to the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in lower Manhattan on Friday. Source: Internet

For several years, reporters have had to surrender their cellphones and other electronic devices before entering the so-called lockup rooms in order to prevent early transmission of the information in the reports. Source: Internet

Its logotype is set in a condensed typeface with a bold underline and additional thick lines filling in the negative spaces in the lockup. Source: Internet

Beales said the long lockup hours were necessary. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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