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n. A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent patient or prisoner.

n. Something that restricts, hinders, or confines: the straitjacket of bureaucratic paperwork.

v. To restrain, restrict, or hinder by or as if by confining in a straitjacket.

n. A jacket-like garment with very long sleeves which can be secured in place, thus preventing the wearer from moving his or her arms. Often used in psychiatric hospitals to prevent patients from injuring themselves or others.

n. A metaphor used to describe a range of situations seen as (unpleasantly?) confining or restricting.

v. To put someone into a straitjacket.

v. To restrict the freedom of, either physically or psychologically.

"He would come into a big city and hang himself upside down in a straitjacket from a skyscraper - but not just any building, usually the one that housed the major newspaper."

garment    impediment    balk    hinderance    check   

shriveling    profiling    homogamy    skyhook    deathtrap