garrote
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garrote
- /ɡəˈɹɒt/
- /ɡəˈɹoʊt/
Rhymes with -ɒt, -əʊt
Where it comes from
From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot.
noun garrotes · garotte · garrotte
- An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. I have twenty times done that which by Busnée law should have brought me to the filimicha (gallows), yet my neck has never yet been squeezed by the cold garrote.
- Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation. The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.
verb garrotes · garroting · garroted · garotte · garrotte
- To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote. I have not a sou, and for want of a few crowns I shall be garroted within a month unless I can escape, though, as I told you before, I have done nothing, a mere bagatelle; but the worst crimes in Spain are poverty and misery.
- To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob. “And then Lee may have fallen into the river, and Norton been garrotted. It is certainly a formidable indictment that you have against Bellingham; but if you were to place it before a police magistrate, he would simply laugh in your face.”
Translations
Talk about this word "garrote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/garrote. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. garrote. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/garrote "garrote." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/garrote.Cite this
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title = {garrote},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garrote},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
