pinioned

verb

past tense of pinion
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains Joan of Arc was pinioned to a stake and burned as a heretic

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Recent Examples of pinioned To be clear, there is no sense that Rondón and Ugás are defending the old guard or suggesting that a docile, starving population pinioned under the grip of a dictatorship is big-picture preferable to a rebellious insurgency. — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pinioned
  1. bound
  2. tied
  3. handcuffed
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  • Seth Jones’ shot from the point struck Tkachuk on the arm and bounded in.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Russia’s support for Tehran has been operationally meaningful but carefully bounded.
    — Andrea Kendall-Taylor, Foreign Affairs, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • In southwest Washington, polling has indicated the congressional race may be essentially tied.
    — Justine McDaniel, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Polls showed Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and rightist challenger Flávio Bolsonaro were in effect tied ahead of Sunday’s runoff, with the result potentially coming down to which candidate’s supporters stay away from the ballot box.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • Footage also captured Fusaro allegedly naked with Raymond while she was handcuffed to a bed, per the outlet.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Advocates are fighting to ensure that two potential witnesses who were handcuffed in the back of an ICE vehicle that struck and injured a Houston man are not deported.
    — David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of handcuffed

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“Pinioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pinioned. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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