trammel
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(verb) place limits on; "restrict the use of this parking lot" |
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Synonyms: bound, confine, limit, restrain, restrict, throttle |
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Related Words: baffle, check, clamp down, constrain, contain, control, crack down, cramp, cumber, curb, draw a line, draw the line, encumber, gate, halter, hamper, harness, hold, hold in, inhibit, mark off, mark out, moderate, reduce, regulate, rein, restrain, rule, stiffen, tie, tighten, tighten up |
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(noun) anything that restrains (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
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Synonyms: bond, hamper, shackle, trammels |
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Related Words: ball and chain, chain, chains, constraint, cuff, cuffs, fetter, handcuff, handcuffs, handlock, hobble, iron, irons, manacle, restraint |
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(verb) catch in or as if in a trap; "The men trap foxes" |
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Synonyms: ensnare, entrap, snare, trap |
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Related Words: capture, catch, gin |
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