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cuffs

/ kʌfs /

plural noun

  1. informal,  short for handcuffs See handcuff

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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New devices can screen for sleep apnea, measure blood pressure without arm cuffs and detect early signs of illness.

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It also heard that plastic cuffs were used and the "extent of force was plainly excessive and beyond what was necessary".

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He said he "couldn't really hear" the police officers and "the next thing they put me in cuffs".

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Video from the scene that the reporter posted to X shows the clean-up work continuing uninterrupted even as an officer tells Ray they are going to “put him in cuffs.”

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“I can’t stand keys. Being touched when I’m asleep. If I see an officer with cuffs in their hand, I get scared and nervous.”

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