armlock

English

Etymology

arm +‎ lock

Noun

armlock (plural armlocks)

1. A wrestling move in which the opponent's arm is held immobile.
2. Any of several distinct attacks against an opponent’s arm in martial arts.
3. (figuratively, by extension) Power to control or heavily influence something or someone.
   • 2012, The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Venezuela’s presidential election: The autocrat and the ballot box

     Mr Chávez remains a formidable opponent. […] He has an armlock on the country’s institutions.

Translations

wrestling move rendering opponent's arm immobile

• French: clé de bras (fr) f, clef de bras f
• Irish: glas ascaille m
• Portuguese: chave de braço f
• Russian: рыча́г ло́ктя m (ryčág lóktja)

Verb

armlock (third-person singular simple present armlocks, present participle armlocking, simple past and past participle armlocked)

1. (transitive) To hold in an armlock.

Anagrams

• lockram, marlock