Garrote

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A method of execution formerly practiced in Spain, in which a tightened iron collar is used to strangle or break the neck of a condemned person.
  • n. The iron collar used for such an execution.
  • n. Strangulation, especially in order to rob.
  • n. A cord or wire used for strangling.
  • v. To execute by garrote.
  • v. To strangle in order to rob.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
  • n. something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation
  • v. to execute by strangulation
  • v. to kill using a garrote
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
  • n. The instrument by means of which the garrote{1} is inflicted.
  • n. A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.
  • v. To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A mode of capital punishment practised in Spain and Portugal, formerly by simple strangulation.
  • n. The instrument by means of which this punishment is inflicted.
  • n. Strangulation by any means used in imitation of the garrote, and especially as a means of robbery. See garroting.
  • To put to death by means of the garrote.—2. To strangle so as to render insensible or helpless, generally for the purpose of robbery. See garroting.
  • To cheat in card-playing by concealing certain cards at the back of the neck: a mode of cheating practised among card-sharpers.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
  • v. strangle with an iron collar
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    instrument of execution    throttle    strangulate    strangle   
    Cross Reference
    garrot   
    Form
    garroted    garroting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    garotte    iron collar    strangl   
    Same Context
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