ALL meanings of garroter
gar·rote
G g - noun garroter A person who uses a garrote. 1
- noun garroter a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain. 1
- noun garroter the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution. 1
- noun garroter strangulation or throttling, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
- noun garroter an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim. 1
- verb with object garroter to execute by the garrote. 1
- verb with object garroter to strangle or throttle, especially in the course of a robbery. 1