| 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). <  | 
	
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