Usually means: Security device for prisoner confinement.
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  1. jail lock: Wordnik
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Definitions from Wiktionary (jail lock)

▸ noun:  A kind of cast-iron padlock.
▸ noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see jail, lock.

Similar:
spring padlock, slock, liner lock, shacklock, lockpin, frame lock, bolt, loid, catch plate, jail purse, more...

Opposite:
unlock, release, free, open

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Similar:
spring padlock, slock, liner lock, shacklock, lockpin, frame lock, bolt, loid, catch plate, jail purse, more...

Opposite:
unlock, release, free, open



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