handcuff

Example Sentences

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Asked about the raid and agents’ conduct, DHS said, “ICE does not zip tie or handcuff children.”

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

The officers eventually handcuff Timberlake and place him in the back of the police car, the video shows.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

These steps wouldn’t handcuff discretion; it would discipline it.

From Barron's • Dec. 10, 2025

In another clip, federal agents detained an elderly man sitting on the sidewalk near a liquor store, “making sure to put a handcuff on his hand as they helped him up.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

They surround us, but don't handcuff us, and walk us to the elevator bank.

From "Insurgent" by Veronica Roth