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fetter

 verb
     
Related topics: Jail and punishment
fet‧ter [transitive usually passive] literary
1 to restrict someone's freedom and prevent them from doing what they want:
fettered by family responsibilities
2SCJ to put chains on a prisoner's hands or feet [= chain]
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