garrote
Meanings
noun
- An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
- Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.
verb
- To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote.
- To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
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Etymology
From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot.
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