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- Garrote - n. - A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
- Garrote - v. t. - To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
- Garroted - imp. & p. p. - of Garrote
- Garroter - n. - One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.