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  1. handcuffsnoun

    A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

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  1. Handcuffs

    Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists in proximity to each other. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge, or rigid bar. Each cuff has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the handcuffs cannot be removed without specialist knowledge, and the handcuffed person cannot move their wrists more than a few centimetres or inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible. Handcuffs are frequently used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to prevent suspected criminals from escaping from police custody.

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  1. Handcuffs

    Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists close together. They comprise two parts, linked together by a chain, a hinge, or rigid bar. Each half has a rotating arm which engages with a ratchet that prevents it from being opened once closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the handcuffs cannot be removed and so the handcuffed person is unable to move his or her wrists more than a few centimetres/inches apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible. This is usually done to prevent suspected criminals from escaping police custody.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of handcuffs in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of handcuffs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of handcuffs in a Sentence

  1. Chris Hollingsworth:

    And I beat the ever-living f *** out of him, choked him and everything else trying to get him under control and we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there and the son of a bitch was still fighting and we was still wrestling with him trying to hold him down because he was spitting blood everywhere, and then all of a sudden he just went limp.

  2. Deandre Somerville:

    Before my hearing, I walked into the courtroom a free man with no criminal record, i left a criminal in handcuffs.

  3. Elba Pope:

    They should be fired, regardless to what happened prior, there is no reason why a child should be pepper-sprayed when she is already detained in handcuffs in a car.

  4. Trooper Chris Hollingsworth:

    I beat the ever-living f *** out of him. Choked Trooper Chris Hollingsworth and everything else trying to get Trooper Chris Hollingsworth under control, we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there. And the son of a b * tch was still fighting, they were still wrestling with him, trying to hold him down. He was spitting blood everywhere. Then all of a sudden he just went limp.

  5. Geovanni Valle:

    I feel depressed seeing my kid put in handcuffs, treated like a criminal.

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