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"Garrote" Definition

noun

A cord or wire used for strangling.
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.
Strangulation, especially in order to rob.
The iron collar used for such an execution.
A method of execution by strangulation.

verb-transitive

To execute by garrote.
To strangle in order to rob.

verb

To strangle with or as if with a garrote.