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What (who) is PADLOCKED - definition
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![Padlocked ad in ''[[Motion Picture News]]'', 1926](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Padlocked ad in Motion Picture News (March 6, 1926 to April 24, 1926) (page 631 crop).jpg?width=200 "Padlocked ad in ''[[Motion Picture News]]'', 1926")
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![Central Pacific Railroad of Cal.]] brass boxcar padlock](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Central_Pacific_Railroad_of_Cal_brass_car_lock_1884.jpg?width=200 "Central Pacific Railroad of Cal.]] brass boxcar padlock")
![[[Viking Age]] padlock found at [[Birka]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Viking Age lock.png?width=200 "[[Viking Age]] padlock found at [[Birka]].")
![Early padlock style, on the front gates of [[St. Peter's Basilica]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Early padlock.jpg?width=200 "Early padlock style, on the front gates of [[St. Peter's Basilica]]")
![Ottoman style handmade padlocks in [[Turkey]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TurkishHandmadePadlocks.jpg?width=200 "Ottoman style handmade padlocks in [[Turkey]]")
![Love padlocks]] by night on Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Love padlocks at Butchers' Bridge (Ljubljana).JPG?width=200 "Love padlocks]] by night on Butchers' Bridge in Ljubljana, Slovenia.")
![A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the padlock on the woman's [[chastity belt]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the Wellcome V0038918.jpg?width=200 "A young man has trouble in finding the right key to fit the padlock on the woman's [[chastity belt]]")
PORTABLE LOCK WITH A SHACKLE THAT MAY BE PASSED THROUGH AN OPENING
D-Lock; Padlocks
Padlocks are portable locks with a shackle that may be passed through an opening (such as a chain link, or hasp staple) to prevent [theft], [[vandalism or harm.
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PORTABLE LOCK WITH A SHACKLE THAT MAY BE PASSED THROUGH AN OPENING
D-Lock; Padlocks
(padlocks, padlocking, padlocked)
1.
A padlock is a lock which is used for fastening two things together. It consists of a block of metal with a U-shaped bar attached to it. One end of the bar is released by turning a key in the lock.
They had put a padlock on the door of his flat.
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2.
If you padlock something, you lock it or fasten it to something else using a padlock.
Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it...
VERB: V n, also V n to n
Examples of use of PADLOCKED
1. The tablet is now kept in a padlocked stone shack and guarded by a small boy.
2. The government failed and the ranch was padlocked for the first time.
3. His cell has been padlocked and sealed and is being treated as a crime scene.
4. Chained and padlocked The following day we flew back to Britain.
5. Through the cracks of the padlocked gates, you can see diggers and bulldozers.