| 单词 | garrote |
| 例句 | The man screamed as the wire caught him around the neck, almost garroting him. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Don’t let the papers print lies about me after I’ve garroted myself with my tie. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I knew that would get your attention,” Frankie said, his voice as tight as a garrote. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The whips were the property of the stolen truck’s rightful custodian, a cattleman; it had been Latham’s notion to use them as garrotes—which, after robbing the women, is what they did. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z Now she's inches away, and her smile is like a thin garrote around my throat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z That night, she used the twine to garrote three of our jailers and broke the necks of the other three with her bare hands. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z A makeshift garrote is tightened around his blackened neck. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z With all the noisy guns and rockets going off, some of us may yearn for the good old harem days when poison, knives and silk garrotes were in style. ‘The Bones Beneath,’ by Mark Billingham, and More 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z He hesitates to grab that claw hammer and tries to stop himself from fashioning a makeshift garrote, but in the end, he remains a prisoner of his urges. Straight to DVD: "Tenderness" and "Peacock" 2010-04-17T17:17:00Z But within minutes he stabs and garrotes Grant in what Bond fans have called one of cinema’s most brutal family-friendly fights ever. Sean Connery: From Tentative Secret Agent to Suave Bond 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z He rips the phone cord out of Marion's wall and wraps it around his hands like a garrote when she threatens to activate her Life Alert button. Kim, Jimmy and the moral sandwich-making of "Better Call Saul" 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z Chaon’s novel walks along a garrote stretched taut between Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred Hitchcock. Dan Chaon’s ‘Ill Will’ is the scariest novel of the year 2017-03-06T05:00:00Z His inventor of spy gear in the Bond books, "Q," was informed by the work of Charles Fraser-Smith, a real person who invented "shoelaces containing a vicious steel garrote" for agents parachuting into France. Great writers of spy fiction have often been spies themselves 2010-05-21T20:12:00Z A 30-second version of a scene from “Body Double,” in which a killer garrotes a woman in a bathroom stall, with both parts played by Mr. Dellsperger, is more farcical than scary. Brice Dellsperger: ‘Body Double: Vous N’en Croirez Pas Vos Yeux’ 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z “The killer first placed the garrote low on JonBenet’s neck, throttling but not killing her. As the garrote was pulled tighter, it rode higher up her neck.” Trying to Make JonBenet Ramsey Must-See TV, Again 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z If I used sexist, racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic language as curse words, I might be garroted. What Can I Do to End My Family’s Wedding Wars? 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Season after season Jack Bauer knifed and garroted his way through rings of small-time terrorists to expose an inner cabal of high-level American masterminds plotting world domination. The Tv Watch: Showtime?s ?Homeland? Finale With Claire Danes 2011-12-19T04:47:18Z The main figure in “The Act of Killing,” Anwar Congo, demonstrates in one disturbing rooftop scene how he garroted victims with a wire to avoid making a mess that would later smell. Film Gives Indonesia View of Bloody, Obscured Past 2013-10-04T13:50:53Z At the start of 1983 I looked garroted, as though I had been hung or strangled or cut in a knife fight. Skout’s minor problem 2012-06-19T23:20:00Z We learn about “the time she garroted Timothy Spencer’s pony because he had been sitting on it when he had glanced at the hem of her frock.” A Wild, Caustic Satire Packed With the Absurd 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z She was killed by a blow to the head and had been strangled with a garrote. Colorado Gov. Polis agrees to review whether state can help solve JonBenet Ramsey cold case 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Sometimes it’s not, and not just when there’s danger of someone being garroted by a mystery assassin. How Kaley Cuoco got 'The Flight Attendant' off the ground to play the heavy-drinking lead 2021-03-07T05:00:00Z He was finally captured after Sacramento police said a would-be victim escaped and they recovered a garrote made from a pair of dowels and parachute cord, along with scissors and other items. California's 'I-5 Strangler' Roger Kibbe was strangled to death, autopsy shows 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z He was finally captured after Sacramento police said a would-be victim escaped and they recovered a garrote made from a pair of dowels and parachute cord along with scissors and other items. Autopsy: California’s ‘I-5 Strangler’ was strangled himself 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z The defendant told the court that she had found a garrote in their shared home near Regensburg and confronted her husband with it, whereupon a fatal struggle ensued. US-born dentist convicted of garroting her British husband 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z As Mr. Aiello garroted a mobster, he improvised a message to his victim that director Francis Ford Coppola kept in the film: “Michael Corleone says hello.” Danny Aiello, actor who excelled as blue-collar heavies and hotheads, dies at 86 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z As Aiello garroted a mobster, he improvised a message to his victim that director Francis Ford Coppola kept in the film: “Michael Corleone says hello.” Danny Aiello, actor who excelled as blue-collar heavies and hotheads, dies at 86 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z The child had been hit on the head and strangled with a crude garrote. JonBenét Ramsey’s former photographer indicted on child porn charges 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z Ramsey had been hit on the head and strangled with a crude garrote. JonBenet Ramsey doc will encourage people to come forward with leads on notorious cold case, says investigator 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z The M.T.A. has proved itself one of the world’s most effective garrotes. The Transcendent Incompetence of the L Train Fiasco 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z After all, it wasn’t the shootings, beatings, garroting and power plays, or even the wire-taps that were giving him panic attacks, it was his family. ‘The Sopranos’ at 20: Melfi, Carmela, Livia — the women of HBO's mobster epic made it magic 2019-01-10T05:00:00Z The default assassination method remains garroting people with a line of tempered high-carbon steel — unlocking the “piano man” challenge, naturally — and it’s always unpleasant to watch. Hitman 2 is the most refined and rewarding game in the series 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z He was garroted in a room where parcels were delivered to the prison. Catalonia’s New Conflict Echoes in the Halls of an Old Prison 2017-12-12T05:00:00Z In the briefcase, they allegedly found a wallet with fake FBI credentials for “Jack Ryan,” an FBI badge, handcuffs, bolt cutters, a garrote, “a realistic looking gun with a silencer,” bear spray and other items. Prosecutors: Man said he was FBI agent, used movie con artist’s name in robbery scheme 2017-10-28T04:00:00Z A column in the conservative publication National Review Online questioned why Assange wasn’t dead already — perhaps “garroted in his hotel.” How Julian Assange evolved from pariah to paragon 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Never defend our boundaries until they shrink down and garrote us? Blaming political correctness for Trump is like blaming the civil rights movement for Jim Crow | Lindy West 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Later that day, JonBenét’s dead body was found in the family’s basement with a garrote around her neck and duct tape over her mouth. JonBenét Ramsey's Mother's 911 Call 'Seemed Rehearsed,' Operator Says 2016-09-19T04:00:00Z Burning alive, drawing and quartering, drowning, garroting, disemboweling or breaking on the wheel were all common methods of dispatching criminals, enemies and those who ended up on the wrong side of a theological debate. How the tribal warfare of our ancestors explains the Islamic State 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z There was a blowgun, a weapon often associated with big-screen pygmies and assassins, but as unlikely on the streets of New York as a garrote. A Bleecker Street Salesman Dealing in Knives, Garrotes and Blowguns 2015-10-16T04:00:00Z Outside, I take in the scene: street preachers denouncing Gnosticism, a lone banker trying to garrote himself with ticket tape, and the Bull – that gold, beautiful bull – running through the streets like Zeus. The New York Stock Exchange goes down: inside the dystopian aftermath | Molly Crabapple 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Pictures of firing lines, hangings and gruesome torture like garroting and dismemberment stretch across a wall. ‘The Critique of Reason’ Redefines the Meaning of Romantic Art 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z “I hope that the U.S. government understands that it can’t handle Cuba with a carrot and Venezuela with a garrote,” Rodriguez said Saturday while visiting Venezuela. Cuba, U.S. renew talks about return of diplomacy 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z Then, it gathered the whole list into an official supercut, so we can all watch two minutes of teenagers being shot, bludgeoned, strangled, and garroted by a faceless man in an offensively cheap suit. The new Hitman movie ads are just someone pretending to murder YouTube stars 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z Prosecutors say Parent was beaten, stabbed with a screwdriver at the base of his skull and strangled with a garrote fashioned from wire and wooden dowels. Lewiston man’s murder trial winding down 2014-12-16T05:00:00Z Eventually, Bradford cobbled together a primitive weapon – a garrote made with pieces of a wooden mop handle and thick wire, Deputy Dist. 35 years later, man sentenced to prison for ex-girlfriend's murder 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The first use of a weapon — a garrote that makes strangulation easy — occurs toward the end of the second scene. A Review of ‘Deathtrap’ in Northport 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z He stalked her for days before walking into her apartment with two mop handles and picture-hanging wire fashioned into a garrote, and tried to strangle her, cutting her throat. Engineer convicted in 35-year-old cold-case murder of Torrance nurse 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z She had been stabbed more than 15 times and strangled with a homemade garrote. Los Angeles man convicted of ex-girlfriend's murder 35 years later 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z As for the garrote, which was found by Knight’s body, Lewin said the wire was consistent with wiring used to hang art frames at Bradford’s mother’s home. Trial begins for man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in 1979 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z He rehearses garroting a man with a wire, to the laughter and applause of the women watching. The Top 10 Best Movies of 2013 2013-12-05T08:05:25Z Cakes and rain perpetually, the strings for a throat, garroting the night...the rain, it raineth every night. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z “Forgive me” was a favorite Wallace phrase, the caress before the garrote. Mike Wallace, CBS Pioneer of ?60 Minutes,? Dead at 93 2012-04-08T15:55:29Z Our friend inquired of him how many he had garroted: "How can one tell?" he said, shrugging his shoulders, "so many, so many!" A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z Douglas Bradford entered his ex-girlfriend’s studio in the summer of 1979 wielding a weapon he had fashioned at home: a garrote made of wooden mop handles connected by a thick wire, a prosecutor said Monday. Trial begins for man accused of killing ex-girlfriend in 1979 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z He was taken prisoner and speedily executed by the garrote. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z Two or three years ago the Crown could find no pretext for pardoning two particularly atrocious murderers, who were accordingly put to death by the garrote in this square. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z One, a Tri'-Circ' cow-boy with his back turned, let slip an oath, and in a single swift motion his nearest comrade garroted him with a hairy arm, strangling him to silence. The City of Numbered Days 2011-08-31T02:01:25.807Z The Garrote being shown, he was asked if it was he who garroted Lopez, and replied in the affirmative, with a grin. A Trip to Cuba 2011-12-05T03:00:49.610Z She was told to tell the truth, or they would order the fleshy part of her right arm to be made fast for the garrote. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z The garrote consists of a post, and a stool on which sits the prisoner, while a metal collar is passed around his neck and fastens him securely to the post. The History of Cuba, vol. 3 2011-11-28T03:00:26.510Z It crawled over your body in the dark and garroted you. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z At seven o'clock on the morning of the first of September, Lopez was garroted—that being the Spanish punishment for treason—in the presence of from eight to ten thousand troops. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Around his throat were clasped the fingers of two sinewy, bronze-colored hands that held the victim as closely and in as deadly a clasp as might the strap of the Spanish garrote. Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors: Tales of 1812 2011-05-19T02:00:07.643Z She was told to tell the truth, or they would command the garrote to be applied again to the right arm. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z His terrible hands garroted Lem's throat flat and stopped his breath. The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky 2011-05-08T02:00:04.810Z "Quite a neat little plot; only needs the detail of garroting to afford us a perfect picture of the Spanish brigand," said Mr. Barnes. Final Proof or the Value of Evidence 2011-04-20T02:00:19.580Z Well, there is no remedy; we must move on, and, between ourselves, the sooner we leave this place the better; my own planoró was garroted at Trujillo.” The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z A very few years ago—perhaps four or five—garroting became a terror to the London pedestrian. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z She was told to tell the truth, or they would order the garrote to be applied again to the left arm. House of Torment A Tale of the Remarkable Adventures of Mr. John Commendone, Gentleman to King Phillip II of Spain at the English Court 2011-07-15T02:00:24.257Z Once, long after midnight, when she fell into a doze, it was only to be awakened by a dream of a garrote upon her throat. She Buildeth Her House 2011-01-04T03:01:05.167Z I was woke out of a wayward doze just as I was about to undergo the punishment of death by the garrote. Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. I) 2010-12-27T03:00:17.990Z About thirty years ago, when garroting became so frequent and so greatly feared in England, the whipping-post was reestablished in England, and whipping once more became an authorized punishment. Curious Punishments of Bygone Days A "barbarous" whipping of the bare back was resorted to, and garroting subsided. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z He was garroted at Havana, being refused the honorable death of a soldier. Cuba Its Past, Present, and Future "By the garrote" she answered, in a hushed whisper. The Firebrand The spot where L�pez was garroted, in front of the Punta, is pointed out, as well as the slope of the hill from the castle of Atares, where his surviving followers were shot. To Cuba and Back The method employed is execution in public by the garrote. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 3 "Capefigue" to "Carneades" That night, therefore, in the plaza of Caxamarca, Atahualpa was executed by the garrote; and the next day he was buried from the Church of St. Francis with the highest honors. The Spanish Pioneers But through a long moment while his blood beat thick and his eyeballs started from their sockets he knew the agony of those that die by the garrote. Where the Pavement Ends If the Lady Cristina heard me speak ill of him, she would set my poor old neck in the garrote. The Firebrand The garrote is the principal instrument of capital punishment used in the island,—a machine contrived to choke the victim to death without suspending him in the air. History of Cuba; or, Notes of a Traveller in the Tropics Being a Political, Historical, and Statistical Account of the Island, from its First Discovery to the Present Time In the twilight or darkness he would be robbed, if not garroted and murdered. The Witches of New York It is high time to proclaim the black flag after that period: let the execution be with the garrote. The Black Phalanx African American soldiers in the War of Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War They were fugitives from the noose, from the garrote, from the guillotine. The Missourian On either side the road lay swamps, their gaunt trees festooned, or rather garroted, with vines, and draped with gray moss; while all about and among them lay their comrades already prostrate and decaying. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 The punishment by the garrote is a common resort. Due South or Cuba Past and Present The chevalier was thus overpowered, garroted and captured in less time than it has taken to write these words. A Romance of the West Indies It was as though, suddenly, she had been garroted. The Paliser case He paused for breath at the top of the hill, and, resting against a projecting slab, poised the carcase on the top, when it suddenly slipped over and garroted him. England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel Mackenzie writhed and struggled, groping on the floor for something to strike Carlson with and break his garroting grip. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek And they would know they were garroting a man, and not a weakling! Mayflower (Flor de mayo) A Tale of the Valencian Seashore There she lay, the Fleming staring at her, with the garrote in his hand. A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain “Whether help is good for them or not,” said the lady’s husband, a very straight and wiry man with a garrote collar. Dr. Sevier It nearly caused a royal separation—they were reconciled after—and I was nearly garroted once when the thieves thought I had it in a hand-bag. The Prisoner Pantaloons fall easily and naturally over legs that have known unlimited freedom and bagginess, and even garrote collars meet correctly around sun-tanned throats. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index The men alluded to, who were wrecked in the brig off Principe, were sent in chains to Havana, and were yesterday publicly garroted in the Plaza of Moro Castle.” Captain Brand of the "Centipede" A Pirate of Eminence in the West Indies: His Love and Exploits, Together with Some Account of the Singular Manner by Which He Departed This Life I went through the water like a hell-diver, and without quite knowing what I was doing I got hold of him and tried to garrote him. The Prairie Child "Living there, which he could not have done here unless he had been bullet-proof, or had a neck harder than the iron collar of the garrote." Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 361, November, 1845. In one booth a victim is being sawed in two; in others poor wretches are being garroted, boiled in oil, broken on the wheel and subjected to many other ingenious tortures. The Critic in the Orient He lay there, wounded, and thus they took him prisoner, and were about to garrote him; this, however, they did not do, but sent him to exile at Samboanga. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XXVI, 1636 On returning that evening from the theatre he is garroted and robbed of all he has with him. Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 One day, late in the afternoon, as Lucius Brady was beaming on him through his spectacles, and indulging in an incisive criticism on the champagne at Government House, Stingaree quietly garroted him. Stingaree Hollister jumped for his wrist and at the same time Mike flung himself across the bar and garroted him. The Fighting Edge They garroted their victims, or dragged them before a great fire where they burned the soles of their feet, and demanded information as to the whereabouts of their money and jewels. The Automobilist Abroad Many years ago in London a well-known and respectable gentleman was brutally garroted. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 Then he began to grow faint from lack of breath; he was nearly garroted by his collar. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Some of these robbers were arrested, but the Virgin had compassion on them for leaving the proceeds of their raid, so none was garroted or even sentenced. Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate He cleared his throat as though to disembarrass it of a garrote. Greener Than You Think He next went to Cuba with Lopez, was wounded and captured, but escaped the garrote to follow Walker to Nicaragua. Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War They at once began to report cases of garroting. The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 They would all be glad to see him seated in the chair of the “garrote.” The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Yes; but there won't be much left of me if you continue garroting me; and would you mind my picking up my hat? Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden I am often told that whipping put an end to garroting. Memoirs He acted as a guide to the force sent in pursuit, and every pirate was captured and afterwards "garroted." The Narrative of a Blockade-Runner There appeared to be an "epidemic of garroting." The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 The garrote had been already erected in front of his gaol! The White Chief A Legend of Northern Mexico Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people. South American Fights and Fighters And Other Tales of Adventure One of them held him by the arms, another was giving him a fairly expert imitation of how it feels to be garroted, which the other two were rifling his pockets. R. Holmes & Co. He was apparently as familiar with the garrote as the knife. Police Your Planet Sometimes they are garroted, which is done in this way. Recollections of Manilla and the Philippines During 1848, 1849 and 1850 Full of joy, the throng marched with enthusiasm to the palace of the king, who on seeing them approach was not sure whether he was to be garroted or guillotined. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III They garrote people in the most barbarous manner out there now. Captain Jinks, Hero But the religious asserted that they would not obey, and that, if they were garroted by the soldiers, they would be martyrs. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century He tore Myton's letter to bits, and refreshed his faith in the god of Things As They Are by garroting a mill in Texas. A Certain Rich Man No male impersonators garroting a mandolin—not any in mine! The Wit and Humor of America, Volume I. (of X.) He was then put to death in the Spanish manner, by the garrote, or strangulation. Historical Tales - The Romance of Reality - Volume III We would suggest the garrote, bow and gun trap also as being very effective. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making The prior said that, if the religious were garroted, his Holiness would publish them as martyrs. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 25 of 55 1635-36 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, As Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century "Well, wait until your trusty right hand is healed before you try garroting anybody," she suggested dryly. The Pride of Palomar Two hours after the interview, the Indian suffered the garrote, and General Ramiro became the sole possessor of this important secret. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 6, June, 1862 Devoted To Literature and National Policy "And so," he said, "you would have a man's marriage like the black biretta of Spain that is drawn over the prisoner's head before they garrote him?" A Man and a Woman Page 203 The dead-fall, garrote, or stout snare may all be employed, being baited with any of the substances already described. Camp Life in the Woods and the Tricks of Trapping and Trap Making Well, they got as far as the garrote. Success A Novel You ought to have seen the expression of his face, when he turned to see who was garroting him in broad daylight, for he thought it was that. Bessie's Fortune A Novel Because I was lured by a message purporting to be from you to the ninth floor and garroted. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Of the half-dozen friends for whom I had brought letters, one had been garroted; another was in prison, and would almost certainly meet the same fate. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance After all this, the governor, with perfect justice, notwithstanding the word that Admiral Joan de Alcega had pledged to them, ordered all the prisoners to be garroted. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 11 of 55 1599-1602 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century I wound up with a second full account of our capture under the very walls of the house, our garroting before we could cry on the guards to save us. Helmet of Navarre His two comrades had garroted with their arms the neck of the chief interpreter: another held Juan of Aragon by the skirt of his blouse, and regulated his steps by those of the youth. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 At his first struggle the garrote was twisted; it was be quiet or be strangled. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Better die sword in hand than be garroted on the plaza. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Antonyms: familiar, accustomed, wonted, commonplace, conventional. strangle, v. choke, throttle, suffocate; stifle, suppress; garrote. strangling, n. strangulation, choking, suffocation, suppression, constriction. strap, n. thong, strop, leash. strapping, a. Putnam's Word Book As they pushed the canoe forward, unseen vines seized their throats in a garroting clutch, while solid masses of spider-webs stuck to their faces and spiders the size of a saucer ran over them. Dick in the Everglades And the reader need not fear an introduction to them, unless he should find himself garroted in some dark street or suburb, or his home rifled some dark and windy night. A Perilous Secret He smiled—somewhat chillily, it must be admitted—and whispered, his speaking voice being shut off by the garrote. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse For the robber, garrote him! for the honoured, 'you are my friend!' The Shadow of the Cathedral He was taken to Havana, and died by garrote in the little fortress La Punta. Cuba, Old and New Not that I have heard; but another slave is to be put to death by the garrote in about a fortnight, whose offense had some palliation. Letters of a Traveller Notes of Things Seen in Europe and America It has," the spokesman said: "we sold All of our gray garrotes of gold; With plated-ware we now compress The necks of those whom we assess. The Devil's Dictionary Instantly the garrote loosened; and Harleston, with a wild yell, sprang forward and swung straight at the point of Crenshaw's jaw. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse He could not forget Glover's singular glance at his roll of bank-notes,—the hesitation to converse about the garrote,—nor the bottle of acid which would "wash away anything." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Our friend Blocque is garroted, and robbed of his 'honest earnings,' at one fell swoop by a footpad! Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Then the old woman said, “Take this cane with you, and whenever you see him, let it loose and pronounce these words:— “ ‘Sigue garrote, sigue garrote,1 Strike that fellow over there!’ Filipino Popular Tales I had an opportunity to observe all the methods of the most celebrated garroting maestro and stilletto virtuoso. Remarks Harleston had been shifting slowly from one foot to the other, feeling behind him for the man with the garrote. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse Boston fell back upon the garrote,—"the meanest and most diabolical invention of Five-Point villany,—a thing unknown, Sir, and never to be known with us, while our police system lasts!" The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Mr. Blocque has just come in, and informs me that he has been garroted near the capitol, and robbed of ten thousand dollars in good money. Mohun, or, the Last Days of Lee Most of them was garroted, and a few was condemned to work on the roads for life. The Bravest of the Brave — or, with Peterborough in Spain The admiral and the Dutchmen of his company were garroted by orders of the governor. History of the Philippine Islands Keep your seat," she said, "and don't be alarmed, I'm not preparing to have you daggered or garroted. The Cab of the Sleeping Horse After exhausting the enlivening resources of a package of morning papers, which at that time overflowed with records of every variety of crime, from the daily murder to the hourly garrote, he dozed. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 "If I was not certain that I would need you later I'd garrote you where you sit." The Danger Trail "When you find yourself, some fine morning, with your throat cut in your sleep, like poor de Lorgnes--or garroted, as I might have been." Alias the Lone Wolf He sounded his rattle for assistance; two of them, who evidently had been garroting and robbing the third, ran, leaving him lying motionless on the tow-path. From Wealth to Poverty Are you saying that name so that they may garrote you tomorrow on Bagumbayan? The Social Cancer On the way he would talk uneasily about garrote robberies, but I refused to encourage him. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 32, June, 1860 Analytic people were comparing the various modes of shooting, garroting, and guillotining. The Life, Crime, and Capture of John Wilkes Booth When I was in London twenty-three years ago there was a new penalty in force for diminishing garroting and wife-beating—25 lashes on the bare back with the cat-o'-nine-tails. Following the Equator, Part 2 All right," he said, "rather than be garroted,—I retract! Patty's Suitors "Say nothing to me," returned Lawyer Perkins, hastily thrusting a handful of loose papers into the open throat of the green bag, which he garroted an instant afterwards with a thick black cord. The Stillwater Tragedy As he did so, he got his legs under him and arose, dragging upward with him the all but senseless body of his garroted foe. Black Caesar's Clan : a Florida Mystery Story They had dismounted the old man, and were about to garrote him. Marie; a story of Russian love He leans on the rail and gasps, for here the mist has concentrated, lying like a foot-pad to garrote such of the Three Thousand as creep that way. Rolling Stones An ecclesiastic is killed in his own house in the suburbs of Versailles, on the 26th of September, 1791, and, on the same day, a bourgeois and his wife are garroted and robbed. The French Revolution - Volume 1 Genealogically genuine enough, my poor Czar,—that needed to be garroted so very soon! History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 20 A farce of a trial was granted to me, not to see whether or not I was guilty, but simply to determine between the dungeon and the garrote. The Darrow Enigma So I may be told also of men garroted in London, and of tithe proctors buried in a bog without their ears in Ireland. North America — Volume 2 But one rich American have I garroted in a fortnight. Rolling Stones Felix had therefore attached himself to his young wife by every bond without any appearance of garroting her,—relying for his happiness on the charms of habit. A Daughter of Eve Soon the town, garroted as it were, seemed to be asleep, and safe from robbers and evil-doers, except through the roofs. Maitre Cornelius It fell upon me; I was seized, garroted, gagged, and guarded by the police. A Start in Life The garrote is a mode of execution by means of a noose drawn round the criminal's neck, to the back part of which a stick is attached. History of the Conquest of Peru; with a preliminary view of the civilization of the Incas |
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