Sekirov Dictionary

garrote

/ɡəˈɹɒt/

noun 2
verb 2
forms 5

noun2

•
Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.
- The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.
•
(historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
- I have twenty times done that which by Busnée law should have brought me to the filimicha (gallows), yet my neck has never yet been squeezed by the cold garrote. — 1843

verb2

To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote.
•
To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
- About this time the police reports were full of cases of garrotting. The victim was seized from behind, one man gagged or burked him, while another picked his pocket. — 1905

forms

garroted · garotting · garroting · garrotting · garrotes

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