suitcase

suitcase
 v.— «Many suspects in police custody also died while forced face down in restraints—most often when being “hogtied” or “suitcased” with wrists and ankles tied together, the group said.» —“Florida cases cited in report condemning U.S. human rights record” in Miami, Florida Associated Press Oct. 7, 1998. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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