Definition of chokehold
English to English noun - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0 - 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.
source: WordNet 3.0
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chokehold, choke hold, cokewold, cuckold, cockled, cheloid, cold, chucklehead, chelated, chiseled, could, child, cool wood, chuckleheaded, coolheaded, childe, coiled, celled, cowled, chilled
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