handcuff escape
Slipping metal bracelets
A handcuff escape is a magic trick or stunt in which a performer frees themselves from locked handcuffs.
The act was popularized by Harry Houdini and remains a staple of escape artistry.
The term also applies to real escapes by prisoners or detainees: The suspect attempted a handcuff escape during transport.
- shacklesMetal bonds for prisoners
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- zip tiesSelf-locking plastic fasteners
- HoudiniFamous escape artist
- magicianPerformer of illusions
stage magic · lockpick · lock picking · wriggle · key · restraints · police · behind bars · captive · bound · metal · click · freedom · break free · slip · contortionist · wrist · wrist injury
handcuff escapearrest
Seize by law
apprehension · capture · recapture · seizure · detention
handcuff escapesubmission
Yielding to another's will
surrender · compliance · capitulation · yielding · giving up
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