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garrote

(g/@/'r/oU/t )

an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation(noun.artifact)

Synonym:
garotte, garrotte, iron collar

source: wordnet30
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.(noun)

source: webster1913

strangle with an iron collar(verb.contact)

Synonym:
garotte, garrotte, scrag

source: wordnet30
To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.(verb)

source: webster1913

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