chokehold

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• March 29. 2013 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  chokehold — noun — english

  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"

• February 27. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  chokehold — noun — english

  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"