What Is a Mouth Gag?

Gag [d zu]

gag

a. Silence due to a loss. b. Give people the benefit of keeping them secret or not objecting. ^[1]

1. The robbers rammed the gag in her mouth.

2. When you wanted me to pay hush money to Anne's ex-husband, that was justified?

3. He's only using these words to shut the cadres'mouths. ^[2]

   1. Man dissatisfied with 100 yuan, tied up prostitutes, gagged and raped after sleeping ^[3]

   2. Liu Zhijun's "monopoly" Ministry of Railways: Experts have questioned the project to gag ^[4]

   3. Manhole cover corrosion open mouth community coordination gag ^[5]