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shackled

verb as in restrain

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As long as the press remains shackled by the gilded chains of billionaire overlords, freedom lies in chains as well, leaving us in a world of corporate domination.

From Salon

Routh briefly entered a federal courtroom in Florida on Monday morning for his initial appearance, wearing a dark blue jail jumpsuit with his arms and legs shackled, the Associated Press reported.

Pittsburgh Steelers' Justin Fields started ahead of injured Russell Wilson, but the focus is on the fearsome defence they have again this year, which shackled Kirk Cousins in his Atlanta Falcons debut.

From BBC

An American woman who was found chained to a tree "screaming" in a forest in the western Indian state of Maharashtra had shackled herself, police and her doctor have told the BBC.

From BBC

The Hungarian government has repeatedly defended its treatment of the Italian activist being held in jail, after her images chained and shackled also sparked official protests by the Italian government.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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