Brian Chesky

Every day I would wake up and think, 'Today is another missed opportunity to do something important.' After enough days like this, you start feeling like you are getting old, even when you are relatively young. We are all natural entrepreneurs, and being manacled to a desk job is not for us.

American Businessman

Julian Assange

During the period of house arrest, I had an electronic manacle around my leg for 24 hours a day, and for someone who has tried to give others liberty all their adult life, that is absolutely intolerable.

Australian Activist

Manacle is often used when describing a physical restriction, especially by the police or in historical contexts.

Physical Restraint

The term manacle is somewhat archaic; modern English would more often use handcuffs or restraints.

Old-fashioned

As a verb, manacle can also mean to restrict someone's freedom in a broader, figurative sense.

Figurative Use

When manacle is used as a verb, it usually indicates that an individual is physically restrained and cannot move.

Literal Confinement

Manacle is used metaphorically to describe non-physical constraints, like emotional or societal restrictions.

Metaphorical Chains

The word manacle in its figurative sense often conveys a sense of struggle or oppression.

Emotional Impact

Manacle implies negativity, as it typically refers to restraints that are undesired or unjust.

Negative Connotation

 I mean, it was exotic that my father was going there. But when he came back, they arrested him as he got off the plane. That night newspapers were all over the house, my father was with his hat in front of his face, manacled to a detective.