garrotte
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From Spanish garrote.
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garrotte (plural garrottes)
- an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
- something, especially a cord or wire used for strangulation
- The mob boss was known for executing his enemies with a garrotte of piano wire.
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garrotte (third-person singular simple present garrottes, present participle garrotting, simple past and past participle garrotted)
- (transitive) to execute by strangulation
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garrotte f.
- Plural form of garrotta.
