lockup Synonyms
lockup Meaning
lockup (n)
jail in a local police station
the act of locking something up to protect it
lockup (n.)
A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
lockup Sentence Examples
- The police took the suspect into lockup after the arrest.
- The prison's lockup was crowded with inmates awaiting trial.
- The jeweler's valuables were kept in a secure lockup overnight.
- The car was impounded and held in a lockup until the owner could pay the fine.
- The town's lockup was a small jail used to hold prisoners temporarily.
- The escaped convict was quickly recaptured and put back into lockup.
- The teenager was kept in lockup overnight for underage drinking.
- The lockup was overcrowded and unsanitary, posing a health hazard to inmates.
- The key to the lockup was lost, leaving the prisoners trapped inside.
- The old lockup had been converted into a museum, displaying artifacts from its time as a prison.
FAQs About the word lockup
jail in a local police station, the act of locking something up to protect itA place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.
imprison,jail,intern, arrest, confine, restrain, detain, incarcerate, commit, hold
release,liberate, liberate, discharge, discharge, free, free, release, emancipate, enfranchise
The police took the suspect into lockup after the arrest.
The prison's lockup was crowded with inmates awaiting trial.
The jeweler's valuables were kept in a secure lockup overnight.
The car was impounded and held in a lockup until the owner could pay the fine.
