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What (who) is GARROTTING - definition

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Garotte; Garrotte; Garroting; Garrotted; Garrot; Fiber wire; Fibre wire; Garrote vil; Garrote Wire; Garroted; Garrottes; Garrotes

garrotte

(garrottes, garrotting, garrotted)

1.

If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly round their neck.

The two guards had been garrotted.

VERB: be V-ed, also V n

2.

A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone.

N-COUNT

garrotte

[g?'r?t]

(also garotte; US garrote)

¦ verb kill by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord.

¦ noun a wire, cord, or other implement used for garrotting.

Origin

C17: via Fr. from Sp. garrote 'a cudgel, a garrotte', perh. of Celtic origin.

Garrot

·noun The European golden-eye.

II. Garrot ·noun A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb.

Wikipedia

Garrote

A garrote or garrote vil (a Spanish word; alternative spellings include garotte and similar variants) is a weapon, usually a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line, used to strangle a person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrote

Examples of use of GARROTTING

1. In the so–called Red Terror campaign in 1'77–78, suspected opponents were rounded up, executed by garrotting or shooting, and their bodies thrown into the streets.