chokehold
or choke hold
a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind: The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
a stifling grip; stranglehold: a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.
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How to use chokehold in a sentence
Not a single cop since the Garner case has been fired for a substantiated chokehold.
Still Can’t Breathe | by Topher Sanders, ProPublica, and Yoav Gonen, THE CITY, video by Lucas Waldron, ProPublica | January 21, 2021 | ProPublicaThe defense for continuing to use the chokehold came not from Faulconer, who oversees the Police Department, but from a lieutenant.
Faulconer Stayed Largely Silent as Policing Dominated the Discourse | Jesse Marx | December 8, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoLavin testified before state senators at a July hearing, where he questioned whether civilians are qualified to serve on police oversight boards, and suggested that chokeholds might sometimes be warranted.
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail | by Andrew Ford, Asbury Park Press | September 23, 2020 | ProPublicaWe’ve been yelling and screaming now … for years saying no chokeholds and no carotid restraints.
North County Report: An Activist on His Agenda for North County and Beyond | Kayla Jimenez | June 24, 2020 | Voice of San DiegoSDPD banned the chokehold, after ignoring calls to do so for years.
Despite Recent Budget Vote, Reformers See SDPD Cuts as Inevitable | Andrew Keatts | June 23, 2020 | Voice of San Diego
The problem starts in that instant of electric mistrust when the cop reaches for his gun, or employs a homicidal chokehold.
Garner died in July after a white police officer placed him in a chokehold banned by department regulations.
After No Indictment for Eric Garner Killer, Is NYC the Next Ferguson? | Jacob Siegel | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIn a grim echo of Michael Brown, the white New York City cop who placed Eric Garner in a banned chokehold wasn't charged.
After No Indictment for Eric Garner Killer, Is NYC the Next Ferguson? | Jacob Siegel | December 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe young man proved to be the very person who had made the chokehold video.
Bronx Gunman Shot His Friend, Didn’t Spill His Drink | Michael Daly | August 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOfficer Daniel Pantaleo put him in what looked like a chokehold, which is specifically prohibited by the NYPD patrol guide.
British Dictionary definitions for chokehold
/ (ˈtʃəʊkˌhəʊld) /
the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
complete power or control: the chokehold the mob has had on the town
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