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handcuff
[ hand-kuhf ]
noun
- a ring-shaped metal device that can be locked around a person's wrist, usually one of a pair connected by a short chain or linked bar; shackle:
The police put handcuffs on the suspect.
verb (used with object)
- to put handcuffs on.
- to restrain or thwart (someone) by or as if by handcuffing:
The amendments handcuffed the committee and prevented further action.
handcuff
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verb
- tr to put handcuffs on (a person); manacle
noun
- plural a pair of locking metal rings joined by a short bar or chain for securing prisoners, etc
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- ³Ü²Ô·³ó²¹²Ô»åc³Ü´Ú´Ú verb (used with object)
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Example Sentences
He handcuffed himself to a federal building to bring attention to the plight of immigrants in detention, the first of about a dozen times he would be arrested for civil disobedience, Jimenez said.
Video shows masked, plain-clothes officers handcuffing and leading her to an unmarked car.
The statement said detainees remained handcuffed “in accordance with operational protocol,†but it did not address Ballal’s claims about detainment.
He repeated claims that Israeli soldiers left Ballal “blindfolded and handcuffed†for the entirety of his time in custody.
"We got him into handcuffs. He just kept on saying 'It's not murder, it's not murder.'"
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