- 1shackle somebody to put shackles on someone The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. The prisoners were kept shackled during the trial.
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- 2[usually passive] shackle somebody/something to prevent someone from behaving or speaking as they want She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.
shackle
verbNAmE//ˈʃækl//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they shackle he / she / it shackles
past simple shackled
-ing form shackling
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