Synonyms for locking
lock·ing

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1. locking, lockupnoun

   the act of locking something up to protect it

   Synonyms:
   lockup

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1. • Protection

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1. List of paraphrases for "locking":

   lock, lock-up, lockout, blockade, blocking, latching, embargo, phase-lock, foreclosure, lockdown, latch, lock-out, block, blockage, gating

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1. locking

   Synonyms:
   See Phase locking
   

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1. Joe Calvello:

   John is an outspoken advocate for weed legalization and has always believed we should not be criminalizing addiction, but he does not support decriminalizing all drugs including heroin, methamphetamines and other hard drugs in Pennsylvania, john believes we need to make sure we are locking up drug dealers who are pushing and profiting from hard drugs, while making sure that people get real help if they are addicted.

2. Randy Miller:

   Locking in competitive energy prices will keep costs for groceries and other goods from escalating while creating local jobs.

3. Michael Tan:

   The courts again found that this policy unconstitutionally strips people of their right to a hearing, the Trump administration can not bypass the Constitution by arbitrarily locking people up.

4. Lori Lightfoot:

   We still have retailers that won't institute plans like having security officers in their stores, making sure that they've got cameras that are actually operational, locking up their merchandise at night, chaining high-end bags, these purses can be something that is attracting a lot of organized retail theft units.

5. Ontario Environment Minister Glen Murray:

   We are actually locking ourselves in to a very clear set of objectives and a very clear way of demonstrating how we achieve those objectives, that's an historic first.