Locked in
Both terms in one sentence
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A common threat used against the djinn is being locked in an iron box and put somewhere nasty where they'll never be found.
Source: Literature / Rose of the Prophet -
There Is No Kill Like Overkill/Unnecessary Roughness: Has a nasty habit of keeping his Cross Armbreaker locked in several seconds after his victim taps out.
Source: Wrestling / Alberto Del Rio - A very, very nasty example in Dean Koontz's False Memory: a woman, who knows someone keeps breaking into her house and raping her in the night, suspects her ex-husband but has no idea how the hell he's doing it, since she locks her house up tight every night, and it's still locked in the morning.
Source: Caught on Tape
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