All garroter synonyms
gar·rote
G g noun garroter
- firing squad — a military detachment assigned to execute a condemned person by shooting.
- killer — a person or thing that kills.
- strangler — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
- hangman — a person who hangs criminals who are condemned to death; public executioner.
- electrocutioner — A person who carries out an execution by means of electricity.
- death squad — Death squads are groups of people who operate illegally and carry out the killing of people such as their political opponents or criminals.
- hired gun — a person hired to kill someone, as a gunfighter or professional killer.
- hit man — a hired killer, especially a professional killer from the underworld.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.