noun. A jail, especially one in which offenders are held while awaiting a court hearing.

noun. undefined

noun. The act or an instance of locking.

noun. The state of being locked.

noun. The act of locking up, or the state of being locked up. See to lock up, under lock, transitive verb

noun. A room or place in which persons under arrest are temporarily confined.

noun. A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse; a jail.

The act or state of temporary imprisonment in a lockup{1}.

A malfunction in a machine having moving parts, such that the moving part cannot move; a seizure.

noun. A jail, prison.

noun. A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage

verb. secure by locking

verb. place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape

noun. jail in a local police station

noun. the act of locking something up to protect it

"You can also appreciate how difficult it can be for local enforcement to p/u someone who is identified as illegal through a routine stop or checkpoint and the illegal is put in lockup only to be turned out and picked up again, maybe multiple times, before a more serious offense occurs."

clink  confine  fasten  fix  gaol  

6-month  Marshall  bloomy  blow  brickbat  

POW camp  bastille  black hole  borstal  borstal institution