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Synonyms for handcuff

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Synonyms for handcuff

something that physically confines the legs or arms

to restrict the activity or free movement of

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Synonyms for handcuff

shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist

confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

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Elderly citizens are not likely to run away and should not be handcuffed. All other citizens should also be treated on the nature of the crime of which they are accused.
Back in 2017, the 36-year-old Iranian sportswoman recently completed the challenge of swimming handcuffed for more than three hours non-stop in the Persian Gulf waters off the coast of the southwestern port city of Bushehr, located 1,050 kilometers (652 miles) south of the capital Tehran.
It states, 'Male prisoners except for A Class prisoner and political detenues shall be handcuffed before removal from prison'.
It said NAB Chairman Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal has issued strict directives that the accused must not be handcuffed during the NAB custody.
Lahore [Pakistan], Dec 22 ( ANI ): Pakistan has been facing strong criticism from members of civil society and human rights after handcuffed pictures of a dead professor went viral on social media.
It merits a mention here that National Accountancy Bureau (NAB) personnel produced Kamran, former PU registrars Prof Dr Raas Masood and Prof Dr Liaqat Ali and former additional registrars Prof Dr Aurangzaib Alamgir and Prof Dr Kamran Abid handcuffed before the court last week.
It's only after the man steps into the corridor and is handcuffed that he is told that the group are carrying out a citizen's arrest.
Unappreciated at her father's acclaimed detective agency, the fabulous, rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes in order to uncover a magical mystery involving noted author Arthur Conan Doyle and world-famous escape artist, Harry Houdini in "Minky Woodcock: The Girl Who Handcuffed Houdini".
Summary: Defendant beat victim while she was being handcuffed and taken for a breathalyser test in police station
That wasn't my first time being handcuffed, but it was the first time I'd been handcuffed to a homie.--Jamie Foy
Dubai: A man has been accused of assaulting and insulting a police sergeant, who had handcuffed him in a police station, and threatening to gun him down and bury him.
He said Porazo was able to flee because the detainee was the only one handcuffed alone while the others were handcuffed in pairs.
AFTER the death of a Delhi Police constable in a recent shootout in a city court, the Delhi Police now wants all dreaded criminals to be handcuffed while they are taken to court.
If he had been handcuffed instead he would be alive today and behind bars."