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hog-tie
(redirected from Hog-tying)

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hog·tie or hog-tie  (hôgt, hg-)
tr.v. hog·tied or hog-tied, hog·tie·ing or hog-tie·ing or hog·ty·ing or hog-ty·ing, hog·ties or hog-ties
1. To tie together the feet or legs of.
2. Informal To impede or disrupt in movement or action. See Synonyms at hamper1.
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Verb1.hog-tie - tie together somebody's limbs; "The prisoner was hog-tied"
tie down, tie up, truss, bind - secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"; "tie up the old newspapers and bring them to the recycling shed"


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Once they subdue them, police personnel handcuff and may need to restrain them further by hog-tying their legs together or by strapping them to a stretcher or board.
It messed up the company's entire distribution system, halting deliveries for three weeks and hog-tying operations for months afterward.
The LAPD is studying alternatives to the hog-tying technique, which was banned by the City Council in January after the council paid $750,000 to the family of a Sunland man who died in the restraint.
 
 
 
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