Dictionary definition of “cuff and stuff”

cuff and stuff

v. to (physically) place someone under arrest. Subjects: English, United States, Crime & Prisons, Police

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Citations: [1991 Lily Eng Los Angeles Times (Jan. 18) “Complaints Prompted Sweeps, Officer Testifies” p. 16: “The homeless were cuffed and stuffed into patrol cars,” said attorney Ed Connor. “Not one of them were charged with property crimes.”] 1991 Howard Sinker Star-Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.) (May 3) “Club owner’s sense of something off-key led to the arrest of rock-star imposter” p. 1A: We’re a white-collar unit—paper crimes, fraud, embezzlement. The old cuffing-and-stuffing routine doesn’t come to us very much. 1992 Maureen Harrington Denver Post (Colo.) (Mar. 11) “Junk cars, trashed yards their prey” p. 1F: Last year, with the help of police, Turner got an incorrigible trash dumper “cuffed and stuffed.” 1992 Wil Haygood @ Mogadishu, Somalia Boston Globe (Dec. 25) “On a rooftop in Somalia, dreams of New England” p. 1: A weapon from one of the Somalis falls to the ground and is kicked away by one of the MPs. Both Somalis are handcuffed and taken away. “Cuffed and stuffed” as one of the Marines says. 1993 Carol Rust Houston Chronicle (Texas) (July 23) “‘Cruising for crooks’ cops nail big time with capers” p. 6: They are “cruising for crooks,” or “fishing for felons.” Suspects are “hooked and crooked,” “cuffed and stuffed,” “nailed and jailed,” and they “ride like they hide.” 1998 Palm Beach Post (Florida) (May 23) “DARE Lessons Worth It; Kids Remember” p. 13A: The days of cuffing and stuffing criminals in jail are long gone. The role of police officers has been broadened to include the title of educator. 2004 August Free Press (Waynesboro, Va.) (Dec. 14) “It needs to be said”: Why she was then cuffed and stuffed, to borrow from the vernacular, is still up for discussion. School officials are saying that they were following state law by calling the police, who are themselves saying that they were following procedure by handcuffing her and taking her downtown.

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