straitjacket, n.
(straitjackets)
(straitjackets)
a garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
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straightjacket straitjacket
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anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
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straitjacket
sample sentences
"they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket""the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
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