Locking up
Prevent
Prevent verb - To keep from happening by taking action in advance.
Locking up and prevent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Locking up" instead a verb "Prevent".
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- However instead of kicking back with a beer and watching them "escape" he confronts them, blabs his whole plan, and then DOES EVERYTHING IN HIS POWER TO PREVENT THEIR ESCAPE culminating in capturing and locking up Ashley on the island that houses the parasite-removal machine mentioned above.
Source: Villain Ball
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