Lock up
Lock up verb - To put in or as if in prison.
Seal and lock up are semantically related. in make certain topic. In some cases you can use "Seal" instead a verb "Lock up".
Seal
Seal verb - Close with or as if with a seal.
Both terms in one sentence
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The police officer questioning him not only doesn't seem the least bit interested in what she is hearing but she flat out tells him that the only thing they could do is to lock up Gerard for forty-eight hours which Adam knows well would pretty much seal their doom.
Source: Film / The Debt 1999
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