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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈhændˌkʌf/ Audio: En-us-handcuff.ogg Forms: handcuffs [plural]
Etymology: From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|cuff|t2=end of shirtsleeve}} hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”), {{inh|en|enm|handcops||shackles for the hand, handcuffs}} Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), {{inh|en|ang|handcops}} Old English handcops Head templates: {{en-noun}} handcuff (plural handcuffs)
  1. (rarely singular) One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair. Tags: rare, singular Synonyms: manacle, wristlet Hypernyms: fetter, shackle Derived forms: handcuff artist, handcuff knot Translations (ring of a locking fetter for the hand): pranga [feminine, plural] (Albanian), صَفَد (ṣafad) [masculine] (Arabic), مينوط (Minout) [Moroccan-Arabic] (Arabic), ձեռնաշղթա (jeṙnašġtʻa) (Armenian), белезници (beleznici) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), manilla [feminine] (Catalan), manilles [feminine, plural] (Catalan), 手銬 (Chinese Mandarin), 手铐 (shǒukào) (Chinese Mandarin), pouta [neuter, plural] (Czech), želízka [neuter, plural] (Czech), håndjern (Danish), handboei [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), mankateno (Esperanto), käsirauta (Finnish), menotte [feminine] (French), esposas [feminine] (Galician), ხელბორკილი (xelborḳili) (Georgian), Handschelle [feminine] (German), χειροπέδα (cheiropéda) [feminine] (Greek), χειροπέδες (cheiropédes) (english: pair) [feminine, plural] (Greek), hao hoʻopaʻa lima (Hawaiian), אזיק (azík) [masculine] (Hebrew), bilincs (Hungarian), handjárn [neuter] (Icelandic), manoto (Ido), gari (Indonesian), belenggu borgol (Indonesian), manetta [feminine] (Italian), 手錠 (tejō) (Japanese), 수갑 (sugap) (alt: 手匣) (Korean), ກະແຈມື (ka chǣ mư̄) (Lao), epingu (Luhya), gari (Malay), belenggu (Malay), വിലങ്ങ് (vilaṅṅŭ) (Malayalam), കൈവിലങ്ങ് (kaivilaṅṅŭ) (Malayalam), håndjern [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), handjern [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), handjarn [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), handjern [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), handcosp [masculine] (Old English), بیلكچه (bilekçe) (Ottoman Turkish), kajdanki [plural] (Polish), algema [feminine] (Portuguese), cătușă [feminine] (Romanian), нару́чник (narúčnik) [masculine] (Russian), esposas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), pingu (Swahili), handboja [common-gender] (Swedish), pangaw (Tagalog), posas (Tagalog), kelepçe (Turkish), нару́чник (narúčnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), còng (Vietnamese), còng tay (Vietnamese)
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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈhændˌkʌf/ Audio: En-us-handcuff.ogg Forms: handcuffs [present, singular, third-person], handcuffing [participle, present], handcuffed [participle, past], handcuffed [past]
Etymology: From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hand|cuff|t2=end of shirtsleeve}} hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”), {{inh|en|enm|handcops||shackles for the hand, handcuffs}} Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), {{inh|en|ang|handcops}} Old English handcops Head templates: {{en-verb}} handcuff (third-person singular simple present handcuffs, present participle handcuffing, simple past and past participle handcuffed)
  1. (transitive) To apply handcuffs to someone. Tags: transitive Synonyms (apply handcuffs to): manacle Translations (to apply handcuffs): كلبش (kalbaš) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), слагам белезници (slagam beleznici) (Bulgarian), in de boeien slaan (Dutch), handboeien omdoen (Dutch), boeien (Dutch), mankateni (Esperanto), panna käsirautoihin (Finnish), laittaa käsiraudat (Finnish), käsiraudoittaa (Finnish), menotter (French), esposar (Galician), fesseln (German), אזק (azák) (Hebrew), megbilincsel (Hungarian), handjárna (Icelandic), ammanettare (Italian), става лисици (stava lisici) (Macedonian), tūpiki (Maori), zakuwać [imperfective] (Polish), zakuć [perfective] (Polish), skuwać [imperfective] (Polish), skuć [perfective] (Polish), algemar (Portuguese), încătușa (Romanian), fereca (Romanian), esposar (Spanish), sätta handbojor på (någon) (Swedish), kelepçelemek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-handcuff-en-verb-orGq9RGl Disambiguation of 'apply handcuffs to': 97 3 Disambiguation of 'to apply handcuffs': 97 3
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to restrain or restrict. Tags: figuratively, transitive Translations (figuratively: to restrain): sitoa (Finnish), bloccare (Italian), încătușa (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-handcuff-en-verb-ryvdASek Disambiguation of 'figuratively: to restrain': 2 98

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          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "roman": "shǒukào",
          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
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          "word": "ხელბორკილი"
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          "ref": "1880, George Bernard Shaw, chapter XVII, in The Irrational Knot:",
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          "word": "sitoa"
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        "(rarely singular) One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair."
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      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pranga"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "صَفَد"
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      "code": "ary",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "Minout",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "Moroccan-Arabic"
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      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jeṙnašġtʻa",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "ձեռնաշղթա"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beleznici",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "manilles"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "手銬"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒukào",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "手铐"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pouta"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "želízka"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "håndjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handboei"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "mankateno"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "käsirauta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "menotte"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esposas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelborḳili",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "ხელბორკილი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Handschelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheiropéda",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "χειροπέδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "pair",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "cheiropédes",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "χειροπέδες"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "hao hoʻopaʻa lima"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "azík",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "אזיק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "bilincs"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handjárn"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "manoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "gari"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "belenggu borgol"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tejō",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "手錠"
    },
    {
      "alt": "手匣",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sugap",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "수갑"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ka chǣ mư̄",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "ກະແຈມື"
    },
    {
      "code": "luy",
      "lang": "Luhya",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "epingu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "gari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "belenggu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "vilaṅṅŭ",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "വിലങ്ങ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "kaivilaṅṅŭ",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "കൈവിലങ്ങ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "håndjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handjarn"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "handjern"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "handcosp"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "bilekçe",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "بیلكچه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "kajdanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "algema"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cătușă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "narúčnik",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нару́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "esposas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "pingu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "handboja"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "pangaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "posas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "kelepçe"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "narúčnyk",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "нару́чник"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "còng"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ring of a locking fetter for the hand",
      "word": "còng tay"
    }
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    "John Florio",
    "handcuff"
  ],
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}

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          "ref": "1912, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Air:",
          "text": "The sheriff had brought along all the handcuffs necessary, and in a few seconds he had handcuffed Koswell. He threw a pair of the steel bracelets to Dick and another pair to Tom, and the Rovers had the satisfaction of handcuffing Josiah Crabtree and Tad Sobber. Then the sheriff made prisoners of the rest of the crowd[…]",
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          "ref": "2016 February 20, “Obituary: Antonin Scalia: Always right”, in The Economist:",
          "text": "If he were a king, as his swagger and opera-singing occasionally suggested, he would stretch the constitution any way he wanted. In fact, as he admitted with a grin, it handcuffed him.",
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          "ref": "1880, George Bernard Shaw, chapter XVII, in The Irrational Knot:",
          "text": "After all, since our marriage has proved a childless one, the only reason for our submitting to be handcuffed to one another, now that our hearts are no longer in the arrangement, is gone.",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "слагам белезници"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "in de boeien slaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "handboeien omdoen"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "mankateni"
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "panna käsirautoihin"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "laittaa käsiraudat"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "käsiraudoittaa"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
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      "word": "menotter"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "esposar"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "fesseln"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "azák",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "megbilincsel"
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "handjárna"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "ammanettare"
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "става лисици"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "tūpiki"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skuć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "algemar"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "încătușa"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "fereca"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "esposar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "sätta handbojor på (någon)"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to apply handcuffs",
      "word": "kelepçelemek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "figuratively: to restrain",
      "word": "sitoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "figuratively: to restrain",
      "word": "bloccare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "figuratively: to restrain",
      "word": "încătușa"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "John Florio",
    "handcuff"
  ],
  "word": "handcuff"
}

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