verb [VN]
1 to put shackles on sb:
The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. * The prisoners were kept shackled during the trial.
2 [usuallypassive] to prevent sb from behaving or speaking as they want:
She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for shackle is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does shackle appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — shackle appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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