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Handcuff
to handcuff
01
to restrain a person's hands together using a device, commonly done by law enforcement during an arrest
Transitive: to handcuff sb
Grammatical Information
Composition
Compound
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
handcuff
3rd person singular
handcuffs
Present participle
handcuffing
Past simple
handcuffed
Past participle
handcuffed
Examples
The police officer decided to handcuff the suspect to prevent any attempts to flee.
Lexical Tree
handcuff
hand
cuff
