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GAR(R)OTTE

\ɡˈɑː ˈɑː ˈɒt], \ɡˈɑː ˈɑː ˈɒt], \ɡ_ˈɑː__ ˈɑː__ ˈɒ_t]\

Definitions of GAR(R)OTTE

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Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation, apparatus used in it; highway robbery performed by throttling victim. (Vb) execute by strangulation; throttle in order to rob, whence garrotter n.

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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