Tech companies handcuff our files to protect against digital pirates.
He also said that he had a handcuff key in his pants.
We talked with one of the protestors as he watched the police handcuff one of his friends.
So saying, they handcuff him, and carry him away to the regiment.
It certainly might, but only if credit markets don't handcuff shippers.
When suspects turn away or reel, cops or border-security agents can nab and handcuff them.
Then he asked them not to handcuff him, and the request was denied.
But now the computer is being put to use to figure out a way to build a better handcuff and improve upon the ones in use now.
Tiring of these fickle shareholders, funds are starting to handcuff them.
They would handcuff and blindfold the prisoners before they left the room.
British Dictionary definitions for handcuff
handcuff
/ˈhændˌkʌf/
verb
1.
(transitive) to put handcuffs on (a person); manacle
noun
2.
(pl) a pair of locking metal rings joined by a short bar or chain for securing prisoners, etc
Word Origin and History for handcuff
n.
1640s as a decorative addition to a sleeve; 1690s as a type of restraining device, from hand (n.) + cuff (n.). Old English had hondcops "a pair of hand cuffs," but the modern word is a re-invention. The verb is first attested 1720. Related: Handcuffed; handcuffing.