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doc Definition of garrote
    English to English
    noun
  • an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
  • source: WordNet 3.0
  • 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.
  • source: Webster 1913
    verb
  • strangle with an iron collar
  • People were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain.
    source: WordNet 3.0
  • To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
  • source: Webster 1913
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