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 译者筠怡,毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院,擅长翻译各种与产品责任与集体侵权诉讼相关的法律文件。