STRAITEN

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Definition

verb
  1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
    “The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.”
  2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
    “Rising costs put those on fixed incomes in straitened circumstances.”

Source: Wiktionary

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