handcuffed

Verb

handcuff (third-person singular simple present handcuffs, present participle handcuffing, simple past and past participle handcuffed)

1. (transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone.
   • The sheriff had brought along all the handcuffs necessary, and in a few seconds he had handcuffed Koswell. He threw a pair of the steel bracelets to Dick and another pair to Tom, and the Rovers had the satisfaction of handcuffing Josiah Crabtree and Tad Sobber. Then the sheriff made prisoners of...1912, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Air

   Synonyms:

   manacle

2. (figuratively, transitive) to restrain or restrict.
   • Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

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