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Lockup Crossword Clue

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97%3Exact Match!
noun

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

• the quantity contained in a can

• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

verb

• preserve in a can or tin

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

96%4Exact Match!
noun

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

verb

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

95%6Exact Match!
noun

• a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment

• a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

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New York Times23 Mar 2014 Across 28
New York Times10 Aug 2010 Across 37
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