Kiristetyt

Kiristetyt is a Finnish word that serves as the plural form of kiristetty, the past passive participle of the verb kiristää. The verb kiristää has several related meanings, including to tighten or fasten something by applying force, to strain or tighten in a non-physical sense, and in criminal contexts to extort or threaten someone. As a participle used as an adjective, kiristetyt describes things that have been tightened or strained, and it is common in technical, construction, and everyday language.

In practical use, kiristetyt usually modifies a noun, for example: Pultit on kiristetyt (The bolts have been tightened) or Köydet on kiristetyt (The ropes have been tightened). In a figurative or legal context, the term can convey extortion or coercion, for instance in phrases like kiristetyt maksut (extorted payments) or kiristetty uhri (a victim who has been extorted). The sense depends on the surrounding vocabulary, with physical tightening common in engineering or maintenance contexts and extortion sense appearing in crime reporting or discussions of illegal coercion.

Morphologically, kiristetyt is the plural nominative form, matching the noun it modifies. It can appear in predicative use with olla: Pultit ovat kiristetyt. It also appears in compound expressions where the participle describes the state of a plural noun.

See also: kiristä, kiristää, extortion in Finnish usage, tightening and fastening terminology.