handcuff
Police wrist shackle
Handcuffs are metal restraints that lock around the wrists, used by police to secure arrested persons.
The verb means to apply such restraints: The officer handcuffed the suspect.
Figuratively, to be handcuffed is to have one's options severely limited: The new regulations have handcuffed small businesses.
Civil law enforcement
- detainHold in custody
- custodyProtective care or control
- apprehendSeize or understand
- suspectBelieve to be likely
officer · warrant · booking · arraignment · patrol · investigation · interrogate · bail
Ankle chain for prisoners
- bindFasten or obligate
- immobilizeStop all motion
- confineRestrict to boundaries
- constrainTo limit or restrict
restrict · secure · restrain · hobble · trammel · zip-tie · hog-tie · subdue
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- chainLinked segments forming length
- ironElement twenty-six
- linkPoint of connection
- lockMechanism requiring a key
ratchet · hinge · key · double-lock · nickel · chrome · alloy · clamp
Unjust exercise of power
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
- captivityState of being confined
enslavement · tyranny · subjugation · freedom · liberation · protest · injustice · power
Punishable illegal act
- justiceFair treatment under law
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- convictionFirmly held belief
- felonySerious criminal offense
misdemeanor · prosecution · defendant · judiciary · testimony · evidence · trial · sentence
police
Civil law enforcement
suspect · officer · warrant · booking · arraignment · patrol · investigation · interrogate · bail · criminal
fetter
Ankle chain for prisoners
- bindFasten or obligate
- immobilizeStop all motion
- confineRestrict to boundaries
constrain · restrict · secure · restrain · hobble · trammel · zip-tie · hog-tie · subdue · control
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
lock · ratchet · hinge · key · double-lock · nickel · chrome · alloy · clamp · mechanism
oppression
Unjust exercise of power
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
- limitationBound on extent
- constraintLimiting condition or rule
captivity · enslavement · tyranny · subjugation · freedom · liberation · protest · injustice · power · control
crime
Punishable illegal act
- justiceFair treatment under law
- enforcementCompelling compliance with rules
- convictionFirmly held belief
felony · misdemeanor · prosecution · defendant · judiciary · testimony · evidence · trial · sentence · incarcerate
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- securingfasten, secure, lock up, latch, bolt
- restraintschains, ropes, fetters, leg irons, irons
- handspalm, fingers, thumb, knuckles, fingertips
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- bondsbond, corporate bond, corporate bonds, government bond, municipal bond
- golden handcuffsFinancial incentives preventing departure
- Chinese handcuffsWoven tube binding digits