: a plastic strip that can be fastened as a restraint around a person's wrists or ankles
flex-cuff transitive verb

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As a result, Dilone was restrained with flex-cuffs, the affidavit says. Julia Marnin, Sacbee.com, 19 Sep. 2025 Later in the video, the sergeant’s team moves up a staircase crowded with cops from different teams, including an apparent arrest team in brown khaki pants equipped with plastic flex-cuffs waiting for orders. Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1981, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of flex-cuff was in 1981

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“Flex-cuff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flex-cuff. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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