Bastille
Bastille noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: were amazed by the squalid, cramped quarters in the town's historic bastille
Lockup
Lockup noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.
Usage example: the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups
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Lockup and Bastille. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 29, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/bastille/lockup
Bastille & Lockup. N.p., 2016. Web. 29 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/bastille/lockup>.
Lockup or Bastille. 2016. Accessed July 29, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/bastille/lockup.
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