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shackle

verb/ɐɡɾiˈʎwaɾ/low

a·gri·lho·ar

Definition

To bind with shackles or chains; to fetter.
The guards had to shackle the detainee due to his aggressiveness.
In the Middle Ages, it was common to shackle slaves to prevent escapes.
Common collocations
to shackle the wriststo shackle the feetto shackle prisoners

Etymology

De a- + grilho + -ar.

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