handcuffs
Linked metal bracelets
Handcuffs are metal restraints that lock around a person's wrists, typically connected by a short chain.
Police use them to secure suspects during arrest: The officer put him in handcuffs.
As a verb, to handcuff someone is to restrain them this way, or figuratively to limit their options: Budget cuts handcuffed the department.
Restraints or golf clubs
- fettersAnkle restraints, often metal
- chainsLinked metal restraints
- legcuffsAnkle-binding restraints
- ziptiesOne-way plastic fasteners
restraints · hobbles · bindings · tethers · bonds · straps · secure · immobilize
Civil law enforcement
- detainHold in custody
- custodyProtective care or control
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- apprehendSeize or understand
officer · patrol · warrant · booking · crime · enforcement · sheriff · deputy
Confinement for offenders
- jailDetention facility
- cellBasic unit of life
- inmateConfined facility resident
- confinementState of being restricted
detention · lockup · penitentiary · correctional · solitary · warden · jailer · prisoner
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- metalHard conductive solid
- ratchetToothed one-way mechanism
- hingeMovable connecting joint
- keyholeOpening for a lock
double-lock · chain-link · rigid · padded · adjustable · release · mechanism · pivot
Involuntary subjugation to another
- restraintControl over impulses
- roleplayAdopt another's perspective
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
- submissionYielding to another's will
fetish · safeword · consent · playful · tease · bedroom · fantasy · velvet
Sidearm carrying case
- batonSlender rod for leading
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- taserHandheld electroshock device
flashlight · belt · uniform · kevlar · nightstick · pepper spray · duty belt · sidearm
irons
Restraints or golf clubs
zipties · restraints · hobbles · bindings · tethers · bonds · straps · secure · immobilize · restrict
police
Civil law enforcement
apprehend · officer · patrol · warrant · booking · crime · enforcement · sheriff · deputy · constable
prison
Confinement for offenders
confinement · detention · lockup · penitentiary · correctional · solitary · warden · jailer · prisoner · convict
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
keyhole · double-lock · chain-link · rigid · padded · adjustable · release · mechanism · pivot · nickel
bondage
Involuntary subjugation to another
- restraintControl over impulses
- roleplayAdopt another's perspective
- dominanceSuperior influence over others
submission · fetish · safeword · consent · playful · tease · bedroom · fantasy · velvet · fuzzy
holster
Sidearm carrying case
taser · flashlight · belt · uniform · kevlar · nightstick · pepper spray · duty belt · sidearm · bodycam
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- public safetypolice, 911, ambulance, fire department, firefighters
- confinementcell, cage, prison, jail, imprisonment
- interrogation roomstwo-way mirror, metal chair, metal chairs, recording device, polygraph
handcuffsfreedom
Absence of constraint
release · liberty · free hands · liberation · unshackled
- golden handcuffsFinancial incentives preventing departure
- Chinese handcuffsWoven tube binding digits