Definition of "padlocking" []

• Present participle of padlock. (verb)

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• "Although Buckner’s “Four Horsemen,” as they were inevitably called, succeeded in closing down such high-end establishments as the Colony Club and the Club Deauville, they were shut out when Judge John C. Knox told Buckner he didn’t much like the idea of padlocking the Hotel Astor."
• "In the wake of the effective "padlocking" of parliament, the country is again faced with a worrisome situation similar to 1970 and 1995."
• "How is it that Harper can get away with defying and padlocking Parliament whenever he likes?"