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handcuffs

 noun
     
handcuffs
Related topics: Jail and punishment
hand‧cuffs [plural]
SCJ a pair of metal rings joined by a chain. Handcuffs are used for holding a prisoner's wrists together:
They put handcuffs on the two men and led them away.
in handcuffs
He was brought into the court in handcuffs.
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