δεσμεύω
From LSJ
Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώποισιν οἷον ἄργυρος κακὸν νόμισμ' ἔβλαστε. τοῦτο καὶ πόλεις πορθεῖ, τόδ' ἄνδρας ἐξανίστησιν δόμων → Nothing has harmed humans more than the evil of money – money it is which destroys cities, money it is which drives people from their homes
English (LSJ)
A fetter, put in chains, h.Bacch.17, E.Ba.616, Pl.Lg.808e; tie together, as corn in the sheaf, Hes.Op.481; δ. ἀγκάλας PLond.1.131r426 (ii A. D.); χόρτον PFlor.322.31 (iii A. D.); δ. ἔκ τινος bind fast to .., Plb.3.93.4, Apollod.2.1.3. II lay snares for, LXX 1 Ki.24.12.
