Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Garroting"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Garrote \Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Garroting}.]
To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat,
from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
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