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Shackles Are Put On Chain Gangs

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verb

• compel to behave in a certain way

• to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement

• severely restrict in scope or extent

41%10 Consists of gangs or gangs of discs
noun

• a harrow with a series of disks set on edge at an angle

29%7Put in shackles
verb

• make a slave of; bring into servitude

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New York Times10 Dec 1989 Down 36
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