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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 Block. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/block/lockup
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