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handcuff

noun

1 handcuff

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

synonyms: cuff, handlock, manacle.

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Dutch: handboei, handboeien, manchet
Polish: kajdanki

verb

1 handcuff

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.

Roget 751: restrain, check; put under restraint, lay under restraint; enthral, enthrall, inthral, inthrall, bethral, bethrall; restrict; debar etc. ... show more

Dutch: handboeien omdoen, boeien


Moby thesaurus: Oregon boat, anchor, bilbo, bind, bond, bonds, bridle, camisole, chain, chains, collar, cuffs, deflate, disarm, enchain, entrammel, fasten, fetter, gag, gyve ... show more.

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