garrotte
n 1: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
[syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar]
v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte,
garotte, scrag]
garrotte v. & n. (also garotte; US garrote) --v.tr. 1 execute or kill by strangulation, esp. with an iron or wire collar etc. 2 throttle in order to rob. --n. 1 a a Spanish method of
execution by garrotting. b the apparatus used for this. 2 highway robbery in which the victim is throttled. Etymology: F garrotter or Sp. garrotear f. garrote a cudgel, of unkn. orig.
garrotte
(garrottes, garrotting, garrotted)
1. If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire
or cord pulled tightly round their neck.
The two guards had been garrotted.VERB: be V-ed, also V n
2. A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone.
N-COUNT
garrotte
ɡəˈrɔt v. & n. (also garotte; US garrote) --v.tr. 1 execute
or kill by strangulation, esp. with an iron or wire collar etc. 2 throttle
in order to rob. --n. 1 a a Spanish method of execution by garrotting. b
the apparatus used for this. 2 highway robbery in which the victim is
throttled. [F garrotter or Sp. garrotear f. garrote a cudgel, of unkn. orig.]
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