Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of strangling a person, or compressing his windpipe until he becomes insensible: practised especially in committing highway robbery.
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Examples
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Their preferred method of killing the enemy was "garroting," yes he says this.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Suppose an epidemic of garroting breaks out in the city of Philadelphia, as it did in the city of London a very few years ago; to tell me that I am to walk the streets of this city at night without any protection whatever from ruffians, is to state something to which I will never agree.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Carry Concealed Guns Debate: Pretty Similar in 1872 and in 2010 2010
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A terrorist broke into the Fogels' home before stabbing and garroting to death the two parents, Udi and Ruth, and their children Yoav, 11 years old, Elad, 4, and almost decapitating Hadas, who was only three months old.
Israel and the Occupation Myth Danny Ayalon 2011
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Turns out that it's the adult books that are being spigotted (that's like garroting only wetter!).
(Un)block that metaphor! Roger Sutton 2008
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By the time he reached his twenty-first birthday Rosenthal was garroting terrorists in the back alleys of Hebron and Gaza.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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I don't know what it is about The Mob; I guess if you spend your days garroting bookies who won't pay up, you want your hands to look nice.
The Greenfather 2010
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By the time he reached his twenty-first birthday Rosenthal was garroting terrorists in the back alleys of Hebron and Gaza.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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Suppose an epidemic of garroting breaks out in the city of Philadelphia, as it did in the city of London a very few years ago; to tell me that I am to walk the streets of this city at night without any protection whatever from ruffians, is to state something to which I will never agree.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Right to Carry Concealed Guns Debate: Pretty Similar in 1872 and in 2010 2010
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By the time he reached his twenty-first birthday Rosenthal was garroting terrorists in the back alleys of Hebron and Gaza.
Vince Flynn Collectors’ Edition #2 Vince Flynn 2010
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But the razor wire just goes [makes choking noise and pantomimes garroting of enemy].
Joe Cirincione: Stephen Colbert's Secret Plan to Defend America 2009
ruzuzu commented on the word garroting
"The act of strangling a person, or compressing his windpipe until he becomes insensible: practised especially in committing highway robbery. This crime is usually effected by three accomplices, called in England the fore-stall, or man who walks before the intended victim; the back-stall, who walks behind the operator and his victim; and the nasty-man, the actual perpetrator of the crime. The purpose of the stalls is to conceal the crime, give alarm of danger, carry off the booty, and facilitate the escape of the nasty-man."
--Century Dictionary
December 1, 2010