shackling

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  1. Shackly; rickety. [U.S.] The gate itself was such a shackling concern a child couldn't have leaned on it without breaking it down. J. T. Trowbridge, Coupon Bonds, p. 387.

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  • "Women in detention described violations such as shackling pregnant detainees or failing to follow up on the signs of breast and cervical cancer, as well as basic affronts to their dignity," —  OneWorld.net (U.S.) - beyond your own borders
  • Screenshots of iPhone Nike+ running app emerge, we're out of breath already Engadget Cares: save us from Apple's groundbreaking, developer-shackling App Store iPhone hacker says the device 'calls home' to Apple, allows apps to be remotely disabled —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Some game makers have taken indirect steps to diminish the value of trade-ins with schemes like adding a unique, one-time code in the box for downloading "extra" content or by simply shackling the title in DRM restrictions. —  The Register
  • Sleep-deprivation, prolonged shackling, and threats to a detainee's family were also used. —  msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines
  • CIA officers won't be charged for shackling, stripping, waterboarding terror suspects Louisiana taxpayers pay for security on Jindal's political travels, campaign fundraising trips After 100 days as Minnesota's only senator, Klobuchar embraces all the extra work with humor Obama is flying to Trinidad today for Summit of the Americas with spotlight on Cuba DEA sees Mexican drug cartels pushed south as White House pressures kingpins
 

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  1. from shackle, taken adjectively (cf. ramshackle), + -ing. Cf. shackly.
 

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