put under lock and key
Example Sentences
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The driver was arrested and the van was towed away, put under lock and key at a local impound yard.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2025
Upon inspection, the FBI asked the storage room to be put under lock and key.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022
Mr. BRADLAUGH: Every copy that is unsold shall be at once put under lock and key until the decision of the case.
From Autobiographical Sketches by Besant, Annie Wood
Menzel, as we saw, lasted in free activity till 1757; and was then put under lock and key.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 17 by Carlyle, Thomas
"Thou shalt know very soon," replied the burgomaster, and had her put under lock and key.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew
