chokehold

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noun

1. 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
• Syn:
stranglehold, throttlehold
• Hypernyms:
power, powerfulness
2. 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
• Syn:
choke hold
• Hypernyms:
clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp,
grip, hold