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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 Word Forms
- ܲ·Իcܴڴ verb (used with object)
Example Sentences
Video showed her lying prone on the street as an officer handcuffed her, noting that she had been shot in the arm.
This would mean selected high-risk inmates would leave their cell only when handcuffed and escorted by three staff, he told the Guardian newspaper.
A few months before, she was traveling along Interstate 8 near the southern border and passed an immigration checkpoint where she saw people detained and handcuffed.
The video is then interrupted by an onscreen message from the Fontana Police Department: “The officer attempts to handcuff the suspect and he resists.”
Five other men the BBC spoke to described being taken away, blindfolded and handcuffed, kept in dark concrete cells with no access to the outside world.
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