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Strangler
Answer for the clue "Strangler ", 8 letters:
garroter
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Word definitions for garroter in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A person who uses a garrote. 2 A person who strangles someone from behind.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
garroter \gar*rot"er\, n. One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who kills by strangling [syn: garrotter , strangler , throttler , choker ]
Usage examples of garroter.
He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew's-harp.
Montagnards, the most sanguinary and foul proconsuls, Dartigoyte and Piochefer-Bernard, Darthé, Lebon's secretary, Rossignol the great September massacrer, the presidents of former revolutionary committees, "patriotic robbers, seal-breakers" and garroters, brazenly promenade the streets of Paris.