Garroting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garrote \Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Garroting}.]
     To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat,
     from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
     [1913 Webster]