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View definitions for locking up

locking up

noun as in imprisonment

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The move, which defies a UN recommendation, means potentially locking up even more young people.

From BBC

They are frustrated with the sense of disorder they see in brazen smash-and-grab robberies and stores locking up everyday goods because of retail theft.

And likened involuntary commitment to locking up the “physically unattractive or socially eccentric” to avoid “public unease.”

His one-stop will be opposite to everyone else, he doesn't want to start locking up because he could pick up a flat spot and compromise your performance for that long run.

From BBC

Trump has referred to locking up his political enemies before, in increasingly authoritarian rhetoric.

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

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