from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
chokehold
n 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}, {chokehold}, {throttlehold}]
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: {chokehold}, {choke hold}]