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borgol
noun
Two metal rings joined by a short chain, used to lock a person's wrists together.

“Polisia uza borgol ba ema ne'e.”

The police used handcuffs on this person.

Also means
  1. handcuffs

Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) — Wave 9 (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.

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