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handcuffs

noun as in manacles

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"We weren't allowed to stand up. If we wanted to use the toilet, we were escorted by US forces, and just one of our handcuffs was taken off."

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After the 23 year sentence was handed down McIlvenny was led from the dock in handcuffs.

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Video footage released by the Kursk court showed Mr Anderson being led into court in handcuffs wearing a winter hat and jacket that appeared to be prison uniform.

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Working for him was like being in "handcuffs" she says. "You are the one hurting because he gets the biggest share and yet it is you who has been used."

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Moments later he was in handcuffs and under arrest.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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