chokeheld

Verb

chokehold (third-person singular simple present chokeholds, present participle chokeholding, simple past and past participle chokeheld)

1. (transitive) To put a hold around the neck of (someone), especially one in which the neck is grasped tightly from behind with an arm.
2. (broadly, figuratively, transitive) To exert tight, restrictive, control over someone or something.

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