lockdownglossary / LOCKDOWN lockdown. The temporary confinement of prisoners in their cells during a state of heightened alert caused by an escape, riot, or other emergency. [Cases: Prisons 13(4). C.J.S. Prisons and Rights of Prisoners §§ 58, 60.] 词条贡献者 译者蒋毅,毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院,擅长翻译各种与破产与资产重组相关的法律文件。