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chokehold

or choke hold

[ chohk-hohld ]

noun

  1. 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.

  2. a stifling grip; stranglehold:

    a company that once had a chokehold over the PC market.



chokehold

/ ˈʃəʊˌəʊ /

noun

  1. the act of holding a person's neck across the windpipe, esp from behind using one arm
  2. complete power or control

    the chokehold the mob has had on the town

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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.

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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.

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Prosecutors said Mr Penny placed Mr Neely in a chokehold for six minutes, compressing his neck even after he stopped moving.

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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.

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Penny holding Neely in a fatal chokehold was captured on video by bystanders.

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