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Shackle (Verb)

Restrain with fetters.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The prisoner was forced to shackle his ankles with heavy chains to prevent him from escaping.
She remembered the vivid picture of the slaves forced to work in the fields with irons that would shackle them to the earth.
To maintain law and order in the early 19th century, the guards would ruthlessly shackle anyone caught stealing.
During the dark period of slavery, slaves were brutally treated and had to shackle their legs to prevent them from running away.
Men whose leg shackles remained padlocked were subjected to intense beatings and psychological distress.

Bind the arms of.

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

The police officer tried to shackle the violent suspect but he struggled fiercely.
The soldiers were ordered to shackle the arms of the escaping prisoner.
The villainous character in the book had to shackle the brave hero to prevent him from escaping.
As the men attempted to flee the scene, they were caught and promptly had their wrists shackle to the handcuffs.
In the movie, the protagonist's hands were shackled by the evil captor, rendering her powerless.