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- noun Plural form of
restraint .
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Examples
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Alone shopping – no kids or time restraints is a dream!
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No matter what evil act a captive may have committed there is never a justification for "tuning people up", rubber hoses, electricity to the genitals, sexual abuse, siccking dogs on men in restraints or simulated drowning (waterboarding).
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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No matter what evil act a captive may have committed there is never a justification for "tuning people up", rubber hoses, electricity to the genitals, sexual abuse, siccking dogs on men in restraints or simulated drowning (waterboarding).
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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If he refuses, the use of "reasonable force and restraints" is authorized.
Rasta inmates spend decade in isolation for dreadlock hair 2010
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No matter what evil act a captive may have committed there is never a justification for "tuning people up", rubber hoses, electricity to the genitals, sexual abuse, siccking dogs on men in restraints or simulated drowning (waterboarding).
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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The percentage of nursing home residents in restraints has dropped nationwide, particularly in Pennsylvania.
Analysis: Poor ratings persist for 1 in 5 U.S. nursing homes 2010
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After the officer has managed to place the misguided youth in restraints, one of the grannies asks ‘Just one more?’, and the officer says ‘Absolutely not!’.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Oh, That’s Funny, Because I Happen to Have [Officer Krupke] Right Here 2010
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No matter what evil act a captive may have committed there is never a justification for "tuning people up", rubber hoses, electricity to the genitals, sexual abuse, siccking dogs on men in restraints or simulated drowning (waterboarding).
Tom McIntyre Explains His Picks for our 2009 Hunting and Fishing Heroes and Villians Face-Off 2009
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Five days a week, he is led in restraints to an outside cage that resembles a dog kennel for an hour of recreation.
Rasta inmates spend decade in isolation for dreadlock hair 2010
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Liberals may care both about liberty and equality, and so long as they think the Constitution allows certain restraints on liberty, they may favor such restraints (for instance, on freedom of association) in the name of equality.
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