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Garotte

noun
1.
An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.  Synonyms: garrote, garrotte, iron collar.





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"Garotte" Quotes from Famous Books



... this object, therefore the burglar is a public benefactor and the police are ignorant sentimentalists. No highway robber has yet harrowed us with denunciations of the puling moralist who allows his child to suffer all the evils of poverty because certain faddists think it dishonest to garotte an alderman. Thieves and assassins understand quite well that there are paths of acquisition, even of the best things, that are barred to all men of honor. Again, has the silliest burglar ever pretended that to put a stop to burglary is to put a stop to industry? All the ...
— The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors • George Bernard Shaw
... people prig in the lanes or park? Or even at times, when days are dark, Garotte? Oh, the ...
— The Book of Humorous Verse • Various


Words linked to "Garotte" :   instrument of execution, strangulate, throttle, strangle


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