Locked up
Up on
Up on adjective - Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge.
Both terms in one sentence
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Sapphire, of Princess Knight, is constantly pursued, locked up, and nearly killed at several points in her series, but never gives up on fighting back.
Source: Damsel out of Distress - Could be understood as Satan simply being like the biggest and baddest convict in a maximum security prison: still punished and locked up (though The Bible does have him showing up on Earth from time to time), but still wielding Asskicking Equals Authority.
Source: Analysis / Satan -
After the second episode, the FBI has given up on keeping Reddington locked up, because of his successful argument that in order to use his contacts and information, he would have to continue his business as usual.
Source: Series / The Blacklist
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