garotte

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garotte - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  garotte
      n 1: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
           [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar]
      v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
           the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte,
           garotte, scrag]