Synonyms for handcuffs
hand·cuffs

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1. handcuffsnoun

   Synonyms:
   manacles, shackles

2. handcuffsnoun

   A fastening consisting of two metal rings, designed to go around a person's wrists, and connected by a chain or hinge.

   Synonyms:
   shackles, manacles

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1. handcuffs

   Bonds may be of cord, leather, or any other substance that can bind; chains are of linked metal. Manacles and handcuffs are for the hands, fetters are primarily chains or jointed iron fastenings for the feet; gyves may be for either. A shackle is a metallic ring, clasp, or bracelet-like fastening for encircling and restraining a limb: commonly one of a pair, used either for hands or feet. Bonds, fetters, and chains are used in a general way for almost any form of restraint. Gyves is now wholly poetic, and the other words are mostly restricted to the literary style; handcuffs is the specific and irons the general term in popular usage; as, the prisoner was put in irons. Bonds, chains, and shackles are frequently used in the metaphorical sense.

   Synonyms:
   bondage, bonds, chains, custody, durance, duress, fetter, gyves, imprisonment, irons, manacles, shackles

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1. List of paraphrases for "handcuffs":

   cuffs, manacles, wives, bracelets, shackles, spouses

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1. Boris Johnson:

   ...At this moment Britain is working alongside the Trump administration and our French and German allies to ensure that they are, i am sure of one thing: every available alternative is worse. The wisest course would be to improve the handcuffs rather than break them.

2. Chris Connolly:

   He's going to stay in chains and handcuffs and when he leaves that facility, I guarantee you there's going to be two deputies with him, and he's not going to get out of this jail again. I don't want him here any longer than he has to be.

3. Trooper Chris Hollingsworth:

   I beat the ever-living f *** out of him. Choked him and everything else trying to get him under control, we finally got him in handcuffs when a third man got there. And the son of a b * tch was still fighting, they were still wrestling with him, trying to hold him down. He was spitting blood everywhere. Then all of a sudden he just went limp.

4. Kory Wright:

   I didn't even know I was arrested; they just put the handcuffs on me and searched me.

5. David Caba:

   We not only help you in terms of the violence that's going on, but also what else do you have going on that you need help with? maybe there's a substance abuse issue. Maybe you need some housing. There's a difference with us. With us there's no badge, there's no gun, there's no handcuffs, there's no bulletproof vest. It's our credibility. That is our strength.