单词 | garrotting |
释义 | garrottinggarrotingn. 1. Execution by means of the Spanish garrotte. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > garrotting garrotte1622 garrotting1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Aug. 6/1 In the way of executions, nothing so bad has been seen in Europe for a long time as the garotting of Higinia Balaguer, a Spanish murderess, at Madrid. 2. The practice of throttling a person for the purpose of robbing him. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > [noun] > attacking and robbing mugging1846 garrotte1852 garrotting1858 1858 R. S. Surtees Ask Mamma xvi. 54 She pursued the even tenour of her way apparently indifferent to everything—even to a garotting. 1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. vi. 134 The heaviest weapon of defence, bought in the days of garotting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1858 |
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