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chokehold
[ chohk-hohld ]
noun
- a restraining hold in which one person encircles the neck of another in a viselike grip with the arm, usually approaching from behind:
The suspect was put in a chokehold and was gasping for breath.
- a stifling grip; stranglehold:
a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.
chokehold
/ ˈʃəʊˌəʊ /
noun
- the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
- complete power or control
the chokehold the mob has had on the town
Example Sentences
Tech companies have a financial incentive to promote low quality information over journalism and are using their chokehold over online spaces to control the flow of information.
But rather than lay low, Drake, the dominant chart-topper of the past 15 years, is coming out fighting with an "intriguing" strategy after being put in a "cultural chokehold", says crisis PR expert Mark Borkowski.
Prosecutors said Mr Penny placed Mr Neely in a chokehold for six minutes, compressing his neck even after he stopped moving.
Penny’s attorneys also argued that the chokehold was not the cause of Neely’s death, despite a New York City medical examiner concluding that Neely died from compression to his neck.
Penny holding Neely in a fatal chokehold was captured on video by bystanders.
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