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Synonyms for garotte


Grammar : Verb
Spell : guh-rot, -roht
Phonetic Transcription : gəˈrɒt, -ˈroʊt

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Définition of garotte

Origin :
  • also garrotte, 1620s, "Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation," from Spanish garrote "stick for twisting cord," of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French guaroc "club, stick, rod, shaft of a crossbow," probably ultimately Celtic, but possibly from Frankish *wrokkan "to twist" (cf. Middle Dutch wroken "to twist").
  • I have no hesitation in pronouncing death by the garrot, at once the most manly, and the least offensive to the eye. [Major John Richardson, "British Legion," 1837]
  • As in murder : verb kill
Example sentences :
  • So Garotte became a sort of theocracy, with Judge Rablay as ruler.
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • Lajeunesse, Garotte, and Muroc were invaluable, each after his kind.
  • Extract from : « When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • On the way to his house he met Duclosse the mealman and Garotte the lime-burner.
  • Extract from : « The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete » by Gilbert Parker
  • Executed in Porto Rico by the terrible Spanish method of the garotte.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse
  • But Bent would croak: "Whitman's struck nothin'; thar ain't no gold in Garotte; it's all work and no dust."
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • Garotte, therefore, might yet become popular in the larger world, and its evil reputation be removed.
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • But Garotte had too much experience of life to be won by a stranger's handsome looks.
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • It was felt that the stranger had bluffed for all he was worth, and that Garotte had come out "at the little end of the horn."
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • It was part of the unwritten law in Garotte to let every man in such circumstances play his game as he pleased.
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris
  • No one could imagine why he had come to Garotte, but he had not been half an hour in the place before he was recognized.
  • Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

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