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garroter

garroter \gar*rot"er\, n. One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.

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garroter

n. 1 A person who uses a garrote. 2 A person who strangles someone from behind.

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garroter

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.