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also straightjacket
as in confinement
a jacket that has long arms which can be tied together behind someone's back and that is used to control the movement (as of a violent prisoner or patient)
The magician struggled to free his arms from the straitjacket and escape from the tank of water he was submerged in.
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Recent Examples of straitjacket
Several contemplate vibrant futures for the L.A. River, tearing out concrete flood-control straitjackets along its banks and reviving the waterway with abundant plants and wildlife, as well as walking paths.
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline and ask for help to escape the financial straitjacket your husband has you in.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
Directors Cheng Wei-hao and Yin Chen-hao revealed that Tai’s character introduction, featuring him in a straitjacket and muzzle, pays homage to Hannibal Lecter.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Biden’s pledge will only become more of a straitjacket with time.
—Aden Barton, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
Contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline and ask for help to escape the financial straitjacket your husband has you in.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
Directors Cheng Wei-hao and Yin Chen-hao revealed that Tai’s character introduction, featuring him in a straitjacket and muzzle, pays homage to Hannibal Lecter.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Aug. 2024
Biden’s pledge will only become more of a straitjacket with time.
—Aden Barton, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straitjacket
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One of the those calculation is stated as being when a person is eligible for home confinement.Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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Richard Lowell Jones was sentenced to three years’ probation, with the first six months on home confinement, as well as restitution to the city of 8,500 totaling $27,232.70.Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2024
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Their cutbacks on spending forced a reckoning among restaurants, with fast-food brands like McDonald’s leaning into value menus and full-service chains like Red Lobster embarking on ambitious makeovers.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Taco Bell has been proactive in using social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram (META) to engage with users, and the Tex-Mex chain has even gone so far as to let customers vote through the Taco Bell app on which menu items should make a comeback.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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Then Billboard was cited when describing T.I.’s seminal 2003 Trap Muzik album as an introduction of trap music to the masses, but the contestants were stumped and couldn’t identify who the rapper-actor is despite a photo of him accompanying the clue.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 4 Nov. 2024
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And that became the trap door, the explosive play that put the Bears in a 21-9 hole at the intermission.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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So many of these are small, rural counties with blue collar populations.NBC News, NBC News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Now, this is also a time when Trump is appealing to blue collar workers.ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Straitjacket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straitjacket. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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