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cuffing

1 7.2

Putting handcuffs on someone to hold them during an arrest

noun
/ˈkʌfɪŋ/

: esposamiento

During the arrest, the officer quickly started cuffing the suspect to ensure he couldn't escape.

Examples

After chasing the burglar for several blocks, the officer finally managed to catch him and began cuffing him.
Have you watched the arrest, cuffing, and perp of a Rear Admiral off his ship in the Gulf and a General plus two other high-ranking officers?

Blog text (22)
The police proceeded to cuffing the man as soon as they confirmed he posed a threat.

Synonyms

arrest

vscuffing

∞ 2.7

The act of detaining someone by the police

is a narrower physical act within that process placing metal restraints on wrists

collar

vscuffing

Jargon

19 7.7

An arrest of a person, often a criminal

is the specific act of fastening wrist restraints during that apprehension

Antonyms

release

282 1.8

An act of letting someone or something go free from being held

liberation

140 3.9

The act of setting people free from control or unfair treatment

How Restrictive

imprisonment

Formal

80 4.0

shackle

52 7.1

detention

191 3.9

cuffing

1 7.2

restraint

36 3.9

Surface Forms

cuffing singular

cuffings plural

Morphology

cuffing = cuff (transparent) = cuff + ing

Direct nominalization of 'to cuff' in the sense 'to place cuffs/handcuffs on'; the action sense is clear from the verb.

Etymology

Cuffing for arrests comes from handcuff, made of hand + cuff, where cuff means a band around the wrist; to cuff someone is to put that band on and stop their movement.