Civil liberties were curtailed and press freedom muzzled. Melanie is restrained and muzzled to prevent her from biting the others. Voices in opposition cannot be muzzled by persecuting those who take up unpopular causes. Organized institutions that could endanger Syrian rule in Lebanon were systematically muzzled. The opposition was muzzled, and political prisoners remained in detention for years without trial. Breed-specific legislation requires some breeds to be muzzled in public places. The term is describes a flat faced, shortened muzzled dog. Shirer and his supporters felt he was being muzzled because of his views. In Romania, a Breed-specific legislation specifies that Kuvasz must be muzzled when in public places. The other parties were allowed but muzzled. Press freedom was muzzled by the Indian Press Act 1910. It sounded like two muzzled gunshots off my left shoulder. As elsewhere, the Catholic press was muzzled. "The Greek press is muzzled", he said. Smith tells her she will be muzzled and Carlson responds with "maybe".