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noun
Garrote  n.  
1.
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
2.
The instrument by means of which the garrote (1) is inflicted.
Synonyms: garrote, garotte, iron collar.
3.
Hence: A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.


verb
Garrote  v. t.  (past & past part. garroted; pres. part. garroting)  To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.





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"Garrote" Quotes from Famous Books



... that were to kindle his funeral pile lying around him, Valverde, holding up the cross, besought him to embrace it and be baptized, promising that, by so doing, the painful death to which he had been sentenced should be commuted for the milder form of the garrote,—a mode of punishment by strangulation, used for criminals ...
— History Of The Conquest Of Peru • William Hickling Prescott
... weapons or prevent his entrance. Consequently, forcing the guardhouse, they took him into the city. The governor felt just anger at this. He ordered the commandant and soldiers to be arrested, and he was about to garrote the commandant and punish the soldiers for not having obeyed his order. They exculpated themselves quite sufficiently in the report that they made of having done their utmost, but that the fury of the religious gave them no time to do any more. The governor in great ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XXV, 1635-36 • Various
... must have seized him, I turned my horse's head to go and aid him. Approaching the ravine I heard voices, and recognized that of Saveliitch. Hastening my steps, was soon within sight of the peasants. They had dismounted the old man, and were about to garrote him. They rushed upon me; in an instant I was on foot. Their chief said I should be conducted to the Czar. I made no resistance. We crossed the ravine to enter the town, which was illuminated. The streets were crowded and ...
— Marie • Alexander Pushkin
... "you would have a man's marriage like the black biretta of Spain that is drawn over the prisoner's head before they garrote him?" ...
— A Man and a Woman • Stanley Waterloo
... right mind, who leaves here on Tuesday next—told me that a woman patient told him that she had seen many a helpless woman dragged along the floor by her hair, and had also seen them choked by attendants who used a wet towel as a sort of garrote. I have been through the mill and believe every word of the abuse. You will perhaps doubt it, as it seems impossible. Bear in mind, though, that everything bad and disagreeable is possible in ...
— A Mind That Found Itself - An Autobiography • Clifford Whittingham Beers


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