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Meaning of word straitjacket from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

straitjacket noun

Meaning : Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines.

Example : They defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket.
The government is operating in an economic straitjacket.

Meaning : 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.

Synonyms : straightjacket

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An act that exploits or victimizes someone (treats them unfairly).

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A criminal who takes property belonging to someone else with the intention of keeping it or selling it.

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Benefit.

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Get stuck while doing something.

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(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands.

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Adversity resulting from being made a victim.

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palatalised (adjective)
Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as `y') or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as `ch' in `chin' or `j' in `gin').

palatine bone (noun)
Either of two irregularly shaped bones that form the back of the hard palate and helps to form the nasal cavity and the floor of the orbits.