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1garrote

noun gar·rote \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\

: a device (such as a piece of wire with a handle at each end) that is used to strangle someone

Full Definition of GARROTE

1
a :  a method of execution by strangulation
b :  the apparatus used
2
:  an implement (as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation

Variants of GARROTE

gar·rote or ga·rotte \gə-ˈrät, -ˈrōt; ˈger-ət, ˈga-rət\
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Origin of GARROTE

Spanish garrote
First Known Use: 1622

Other Weapons and Explosives Terms

automatic, carbine, cudgel, muzzle, rapier

2garrote

verb

: to strangle (someone) with a garrote

gar·rot·ed or ga·rott·edgar·rot·ing or ga·rott·ing

Full Definition of GARROTE

transitive verb
:  to strangle with or as if with a garrote
gar·rot·er noun

Variants of GARROTE

garrote or garotte

First Known Use of GARROTE

1851

Related to GARROTE

Other Legal Terms

actionable, alienable, carceral, chattel, complicity, decedent, larceny, malfeasance, modus operandi

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