garrotte
Other words from garrotte
- gar·rot·ter, noun
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How to use garrotte in a sentence
No common garrotter could have overcome such a fine, powerful young fellow in that fashion.
Jack Haydon's Quest | John FinnemoreA man can be as naughty as he likes, and there is nobody to whip him unless he is a garrotter.
The garrotter had long nails, and was pretty smart at swinging himself over walls.
The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
British Dictionary definitions for garrotte
garrote or garotte
/ (ɡəˈrɒt) /
a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck
the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions
obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery
to execute by means of the garrotte
to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery
Origin of garrotte
1Derived forms of garrotte
- garrotter, garroter or garotter, noun
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