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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Spanish
Origin: garrote 'stick (for tightening a wire)'

garrotte

 verb
     
gar‧rotte [transitive]
SC to kill someone by pulling a metal collar or wire tightly around their neck [↪ strangle]
—garrotte noun [countable]
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