chokehold

Nouns

(n) complete power over a person or situation
- corporations have a stranglehold on the media
- the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public
stranglehold, throttlehold,
(n) a restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind
- he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled
choke hold,

Synonyms

stranglehold throttlehold choke hold

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