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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who commits the act of garroting.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A person who uses a garrote.
  • noun A person who strangles someone from behind.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun someone who kills by strangling

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