1. Anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines
   "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket"; "the government is operating in an economic straitjacket" 
2. A garment similar to a jacket that is used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
   - straightjacket

Derived forms: straitjackets

Type of: balk, baulk [Brit], check, deterrent, garment, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

Encyclopedia: Straitjacket

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