truss, arrest, bind, tie, restrain
縛 centers on restricting movement or freedom by tying: binding with rope, trussing up, restraining a person, or arresting someone.
縛 combines 糸 (thread/rope) with 尃, which likely contributes the sound バク and the idea of spreading or applying, together suggesting binding with cord.
The left side is thread 糸, and the right side 尃 looks like a hand 寸 spreading something over a field 田. Picture using thread to tie someone's hands and spread them wide, binding and restraining them.
For バク, imagine a robber being tied up and thrown into the back of a police van: back -> バク, and the thread 糸 binds the criminal.
to tie; to bind; to fasten
restraint; restriction; fetters; yoke; shackles
binding tightly; tight binding
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
binding hand and foot
arrest; apprehension; capture
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
(death by) hanging
being circumscribed by one's own words and actions
being caught in one's own trap; being hoisted by one's own petard
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
binding of Acala; fast binding
tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern
tortoise shell bondage; turtle shell bondage
dynamic restraints
binding firmly; lashing
creeping lettuce (Ixeris stolonifera)
ghost bound to a specific physical location (usu. where death occurred)
being put in bonds; coming under arrest