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Straitjacket

nounid 132115·updated May 18, 2026
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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

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

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Variants

synonym
straightjacket
plural
Straitjackets
possessive
Straitjacket's
pluralpossessive
Straitjackets'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
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
§2
anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
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
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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