A garrote (/ ɡəˈrɒt, ɡəˈroʊt / gə-RO (H)T; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) [1] or garrote vil (Spanish: [ɡaˈrote ˈβil]) is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical) ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person. [2]

GARROTTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of garrotte 2. to kill someone by putting a metal wire or collar…. Learn more.

The meaning of GARROTE is a method of execution by strangulation. How to use garrote in a sentence.

1. a method of execution in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs. 2. the collarlike instrument used for this. 3. strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery. 4. a cord or wire used for strangling. 5. to …

4 meanings: 1. If someone is garroted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly.... Click for more definitions.

GARROTE definition: 1. to kill someone by putting a metal wire or collar around their neck and pulling it 2. a metal…. Learn more.

Definition of garrotte verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. garrotte somebody to kill somebody by putting a piece of wire, etc. around their neck and pulling it tight. He had been garrotted, and his tongue had been cut out. Word Origin early 17th cent.: via French from Spanish garrote ‘a cudgel, a garrotte’, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Dictionary definition of garrote To strangle or kill someone by tightening a cord or wire around their neck, often from behind. "The assassin would garrote his victims without any hint of remorse."

If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly round their neck. 2. A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone.

GARROTTED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of garrotte 2. to kill someone by putting a metal wire or collar…. Learn more.