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lockup

noun as in jail

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Rita King likely would have disagreed with that sentiment when Evans entered the lockup room in back in April 2011.

He was captured and sent to the U.S. lockup at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Inside a secure so-called lockup room on the top floor of the William McChesney Martin Jr.

MSNBC—home of said preacher and also of Lockup, a reality show about prison that is its biggest draw—can only spin.

Just this Monday, Facebook stock declined to $18.87 in intraday trading on concerns about the lockup expiring.

In accordance therewith a lockup was provided and cells built under the market.

Her most anxious thoughts concerned the means of getting money to lockup Harry's tongue.

If I see you around here when any more tests are going on Ill take you to the lockup myself.

Been in some other lockup, I suppose, since we saw you last?

The policeman led his prisoner away to the lockup, while all the rest of us followed up the search for half an hour.

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On this page you'll find 17 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lockup, such as: penitentiary, clink, cooler, hoosegow, pokey, and prison.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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