shackling in English

verb
1
chain with shackles.
A believer in strict discipline, he preferred forms of punishment like putting a prisoner in stocks or shackling him to a ball and chain.
synonyms:chainfettermanaclesecuretie (up)bindtetherhobbleput in chainsclap in ironshandcuff

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1. They're shackling him and taking him into recovery.

2. She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.

3. He suffered repeated interrogations, beatings, shackling, and torture in prison, amid squalid living conditions.

4. The Bobstays are placed first, shackling to the cutwater, and with laniards from hearts in their outboard ends to similar hearts under the bowsprit