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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
/ ˈæԻˌʌ /
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܲ·Իcܴڴ verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
When he stayed silent and walked away, an agent ordered him to turn around and handcuffed him, then yanked his wallet from his back pocket.
Mr Edwards said when two officers had been about to handcuff Mr Clark, he'd been trying to explain to them that he had a bad wrist due to an accident.
“It’s like golden handcuffs because where do you find a salary that matches what you had?”
He appeared to be handcuffed by police officers as Trump supporters chanted “U.S.A.”
Video showed her lying prone on the street as an officer handcuffed her, noting that she had been shot in the arm.
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