: a wide cloth adhesive tape originally designed for sealing joints in heating or air-conditioning ducts
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This time, the scheme worked, and the victim was held with zip ties and duct tape and assaulted.
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Makar somehow logged 25 minutes Wednesday night while being held together by duct tape and piano wire.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
Michael Dale lay in his Escondido home with a plastic bag wrapped around his head and sealed with duct tape for at least eight minutes as Michaela Rylaarsdam, vibrator in hand, kept the cameras rolling, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Diego Superior Court.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Prosecutors said the men used firearms, duct tape and zip ties to assault victims, including by binding and restraining, to force victims to divulge account information.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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Andy Rose, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Makar somehow logged 25 minutes Wednesday night while being held together by duct tape and piano wire.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
Michael Dale lay in his Escondido home with a plastic bag wrapped around his head and sealed with duct tape for at least eight minutes as Michaela Rylaarsdam, vibrator in hand, kept the cameras rolling, according to an arrest warrant affidavit filed in San Diego Superior Court.
—Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
Prosecutors said the men used firearms, duct tape and zip ties to assault victims, including by binding and restraining, to force victims to divulge account information.
—Tim Fang, CBS News, 12 May 2026
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“Duct tape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duct%20tape. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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