| blockade | |
| booby trap(noun, expression, capture, apprehension, seizure) | |
| book | |
| bureaucratic delay | |
| calaboose(noun, prison) | |
| chains(noun, check, curb, limit, restraint) | |
| choky(noun, prison) | |
| clogging | |
| close arrest | |
| closing up | |
| closure | |
| combat(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| commitment(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure, imprisonment) | |
| contention(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| cooling-off period(noun, expression, check, delay, stay) | |
| counteraction(support, opposition, resistance, fighting, impermeability) | |
| cover(support, fight, opposition, resistance, fighting) | |
| crimp(noun, capture, apprehension, seizure, imprisonment) | |
| cunctation(noun, check, delay, stay, wait) | |
| curb(noun, check, limit, restraint, ban) |
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