infibulate

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1) if they try to pass through, you infibulate them with rings so that they can work no longer.

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  1. transitive verb To close off or obstruct the genitals of, especially by sewing together the labia majora in females or fastening the prepuce in males, so as to prevent sexual intercourse.

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  • 1) if they try to pass through, you infibulate them with rings so that they can work no longer. —  The Birds
  • Alopés, or their Semelés; [234] if they try to pass through, you infibulate them with rings so that they can fuck no longer. —  The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
 

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  1. Latin īnfībulāre, īnfībulāt-, to clasp with a brooch, infibulate : in-, on; see in-2 + fībula, brooch, clasp; see fibula.
 

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