Which preposition to use with handcuffs

on Occurrences 24%

Quick as thought he fitted handcuffs on him, and all struggles and devices were now of no avail.

in Occurrences 10%

Having established this remote and honourable antiquity, we are not surprised at the appearance of handcuffs in the fourth century B.C., when the soldiers of a conquering Greek army found among the baggage of the routed Carthaginians several chariots full of handcuffs, which had been held ready in confident anticipation of a great victory and a multitude of prisoners.

of Occurrences 4%

] No. 11 is another handcuff of foreign make, and is merely used when a raid is about to be made, as it allows to a certain extent the use of the hands.

like Occurrences 3%

M. Daru was arrested in his own house; the Fourth Vice-President, the illustrious General Bedeau, had been seized that morning in his bed, and handcuffed like a robber.

from Occurrences 3%

She took the handcuffs from her roll-on bag and closed them on his wrists.

without Occurrences 2%

Expert thieves have been known to open handcuffs without a key, by means of knocking the part containing the spring on a stone or hard substance.

to Occurrences 2%

He was first interrogated at the Petit Luxembourg, and afterwards conducted handcuffed to Versailles, where three mouths after he was tried by court-martial and sentenced to military degradation and death.]

under Occurrences 2%

It was being said, for instance, that two Generals of the Second Army had been marched through their troops in handcuffs under a guard of Carabinieri.

by Occurrences 1%

In Belgium the use of handcuffs by police officers is entirely forbidden.

round Occurrences 1%

" Which the deputy promptly proceeded to do by snapping a pair of handcuffs round the thick McFluke wrists.

with Occurrences 1%

So he took a pair of handcuffs with him as a preparation for the enterprise.

around Occurrences 1%

She smiled and closed the handcuffs around his wrists.

into Occurrences 1%

Think of your Generals arrested, taken by the collar by galley sergeants and thrown handcuffed into robbers' cells!

during Occurrences 1%

Does a prisoner charged with murder or other high crime remain in handcuffs during his trial?

Which preposition to use with  handcuffs