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UK
/stɹˈeɪtdʒækɪt/
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NOUN
- 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
How To Use straightjacket In A Sentence
- While the generally liberal-leaning U.S. foreign policy establishment was quick to equate Obama's ascent to the presidency with a "new area of international engagement," the realities of realpolitilk has not only forced the President into a "straightjacket" with limited policy options vis-à-vis Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq. Sigurd Neubauer: Tea Partiers, Watch Out: Obama's Iran Policies Echo Bush's
- Next, a scruffy-looking student enthusiastically volunteered to lace him into a straightjacket and secure him with padlocks and chains.
- The treatments comprised straightjackets, seclusion, insulin shock and electric shock treatment, that was it.
- Resnick also offers a great editorial about the silliness of defining science fiction, a genre which refuses to be put in a "straightjacket". August 2007
- And not just any ordinary swaddle - we're talking Miracle Blanket swaddle, which is to say, full-on baby straightjacket. Bustin' loose
- Couples should trade in the straightjacket of strict monogamy, which essentially doesn't work, and instead seek to be 'monogomish,' that is, being essentially faithful but allowing for outside liaisons which just might prevent the dissolution of the primary relationship. Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: The New York Times' Questions Monogamy
- But its also a kind of straightjacket that may discourage the kind of discourse that is capable of persuasion. Professor John McGinnis on originalism.
- Former ITV executive chairman Michael Grade previously labelled the mechanism a "straightjacket" to the broadcaster's revival in the tough advertising market last year. All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
- Bond holders want above all to know they'll be repaid, preferably in uninflated dollars, and the best guarantee of repayment will be evidence that Washington has finally donned a fiscal straightjacket. Boehner's Debt-Limit Marker
- Incredibly flexible, Captain Frodo is also an escapologist and specialises in freeing himself from straightjackets.
