Definition of lockup Lockup

/lɑˈkʌˌp/ - [lakup] - lock•up

We found 7 definitions of lockup from 5 different sources.

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What does lockup mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Noun

Plural: lockups

lockup - jail in a local police station
lockup - the act of locking something up to protect it
  locking
  protection payment extorted by gangsters on threat of violence; "every store in the neighborhood had to pay him protection"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • lockup (n.)
    A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse.

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  • lockup
    A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom.

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lockup in sign language
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