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garrotte
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garrotte, garrote, garotte
1. a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck
2. the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions
3. Obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery


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British Waterways river manager Alan Slater says the ropes have been deliberately positioned in a sick attempt to garotte jet skiers.
TWISTED TRAPS; Ropes left hanging from bridge in sick bid to garotte ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Take this insidious right-wing campaign to strip the jobs and pensions of millions of public sector workers and garotte those who take more than a fortnight's annual sick leave.
Stop whingeing and vote for our future by The Mirror (London, England)
My children are at risk of being invaded by hostile out-of-towners prepared to risk life and limb running across 3 1/2 blocks of empty seats, four sections of netting, two cordons of stewards and a line of boys in blue (well OK, fluorescent yellow), to garotte me and my offspring and take our scalps home as trophies
Don't take all the fun out of football! Fans' Zone by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
 
 
 
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