garrotte, garotte or (US) garrote /gä-rotˈ or gə-rotˈ/

1. A length of wire or cord used to strangle someone
2. A Spanish mode of putting criminals to death (historical)
3. The apparatus for the purpose, orig a string round the throat tightened by twisting a stick, later a brass collar tightened by a screw, whose point enters the spinal marrow

1. To execute by the garrotte
2. Suddenly to render unconscious by semi-strangulation in order to rob

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