bound and gagged
idiom
: with hands and feet tied and something (such as a piece of cloth) put into or over the mouth
The hostages were found bound and gagged.
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The kidnapper honors his promise to release Kyle, who turns up dazed but otherwise unharmed in a Bronx skate park after being bound and gagged somewhere in a basement bathtub for days.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Tanzi then drove more than 130 miles in Acosta's van into the Florida Keys as she was bound and gagged with ropes before strangling her on Cudjoe Key, roughly four hours later.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Their bodies were found wrapped in plastic, blindfolded, bound and gagged on a farm in March 1985.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
After another player receives a text with shocking images of the missing tennis star bound and gagged, Kate enlists the help of her estranged father, an NYPD detective.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Tanzi then drove more than 130 miles in Acosta's van into the Florida Keys as she was bound and gagged with ropes before strangling her on Cudjoe Key, roughly four hours later.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Apr. 2025
Their bodies were found wrapped in plastic, blindfolded, bound and gagged on a farm in March 1985.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 21 Mar. 2025
After another player receives a text with shocking images of the missing tennis star bound and gagged, Kate enlists the help of her estranged father, an NYPD detective.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 5 Mar. 2025
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“Bound and gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20and%20gagged. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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