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straitjacket
straitjacket definition
strait·jacket (strāt′jak′it)
noun
- a coatlike device that binds the arms tight against the body: used to restrain persons in a violent state
- anything that confines or limits
transitive verb
to confine or restrict with or as with a straitjacket
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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