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locked up

adjective as in booked

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adjective as in captive

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Voters shouted that they want the thieves locked up, not the aftershave.

These court orders allow children to be locked up - in registered or unregistered homes - and are often granted for children who are a risk to themselves or others.

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Phones will not be allowed during lunch or breaks, and each campus will decide how the devices will be stored or locked up.

In “Boys,” Elwood and Turner are locked up in a reform school in 1960s Florida and become allies and friends quickly to survive.

While around 30% of the Northern Territory's population is Aboriginal, almost all young people locked up here are Indigenous.

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

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