Lockup
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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Synonyms for Lockup
Pen and lockup are semantically related in free topic. In some cases you can use "Pen" instead a noun "Lockup".
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Both words in one sentence
- Then I tried the pokey, the pen, the prison, the cooler, the gulag, the brig, the can, the clink, the lockup, the rock, the convict castle, the criminal condo and even the grey bar hotel.
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Pen and Lockup. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lockup/pen
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