STRAITEN
\stɹˈe͡ɪtən], \stɹˈeɪtən], \s_t_ɹ_ˈeɪ_t_ə_n]\
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To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
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