bound and gagged

phrase

: 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.

Examples of bound and gagged in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The homes had been burglarized and the women had been raped at knifepoint and beaten; some were also bound and gagged. — Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

Police discovered a teenager bound and gagged in a Thornton yard in June 2023. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 8 Mar. 2026

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. — 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

Rhymes for bound and gagged

• bagged
• bragged
• dragged
• flagged
• jagged
• lagged
• nagged
• sagged
• snagged
• tagged
• wagged