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handcuff

DEFINITIONS OF: handcuff

1

n shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs

Synonyms:
cuff, handlock, manacle
Type of:
bond, hamper, shackle, trammel
a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

v confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs

“The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime”
Synonyms:
cuff, manacle
Type of:
fetter, shackle
restrain with fetters
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