Definition of "trammeling" [trammeling]

• Present participle of trammel. (verb)

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• "Arguably, on the other hand, it is the very trammeling of such inquiry that open-records laws seek to avoid by providing the means to the public to sift and winnow."
• "Even the newspaper editorial boards -- or, more precisely perhaps, their publishers -- applauded and said trammeling on a public vote was statesmanship."
• "I tried for the good-publicity approach but he went for door number two: the fascists trammeling free press."