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 Turf Club Motor Inn was the scene of at least one other grisly murder — a woman found dead in November, 1987 bound and gagged with nylon stockings, her face beaten.
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
In the second, that girl was bound and gagged on a bed.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The unidentified female was bound and gagged and lying next to an unidentified young boy who appeared to be in a similar state.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
In the second, that girl was bound and gagged on a bed.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2025
The unidentified female was bound and gagged and lying next to an unidentified young boy who appeared to be in a similar state.
—Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
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“Bound and gagged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bound%20and%20gagged. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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