throw away the keys

VERB

jail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

confine detain hold imprison lock up sentence take away

STRONG

bastille book cage can constrain immure impound prison railroad

WEAK

put away put behind bars put on ice send up throw in dungeon throw the book at

Antonyms

STRONGEST

free let go liberate release

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In a much-quoted 1981 dissent, he condemned the “simplistic penological philosophy that, if we lock the prison doors and throw away the keys, our streets will somehow be safe.”

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2021

throw away the keys

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