zip-tied
Bound with plastic
Zip-tied describes something secured with a zip tie—a thin plastic strip with teeth that locks when threaded through its own head, tightening but not releasing.
The term often appears in contexts of restraint: The protesters were zip-tied and loaded into vans.
Cables, bags, and equipment get zip-tied together for organization or security.
Wrists locked together
- shackledBound with metal restraints
- boundSecured or destined
- detainedHeld against one's will
- restrainedHeld under control
immobilized · tethered · trussed · pinioned · constrained · confined · captured · arrested
Temporarily fixed with scraps
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- MacGyveredImprovised resourcefully from scraps
- temporaryLimited in duration
- bodgedHastily, shoddily repaired
kludged · patched · stopgap · hacked · cobbled · rigged · ad-hoc · provisional
handcuffed
Wrists locked together
restrained · immobilized · tethered · trussed · pinioned · constrained · confined · captured · arrested · cuffed
jury-rigged
Temporarily fixed with scraps
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- MacGyveredImprovised resourcefully from scraps
- temporaryLimited in duration
bodged · kludged · patched · stopgap · hacked · cobbled · rigged · ad-hoc · provisional · expedient
cinched
Fastened or guaranteed
clamped · attached · anchored · strapped · latched · bound · linked · gripped · affixed · locked
bundled
Gathered and tied together
tidy · labeled · color-coded · managed · wrangled · routed · arranged · consolidated · contained · corralled