Definition of Chokeholds

1. Noun. (plural of chokehold) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chokeholds

1. chokehold [n] - See also: chokehold

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chokeholds

chokeberries
chokeberry
chokebore
chokebores
chokecherries
chokecherry
chokecherry tree
choked
choked disk
choked the chicken
chokedamp
chokedamps
chokedar
chokedars
chokehold
chokeholds (current term)
chokepoint
chokepoints
choker
chokers
chokes
chokes the chicken
chokeslam
choketh
chokey
chokeys
chokidar
chokidars
chokier
chokies

Literary usage of Chokeholds

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Human Rights Violations in the United States: A Report on U.S. Compliance by Steven R. Shapiro (1993)
"In Lyons, the Supreme Court overturned an injunction issued by a lower federal court prohibiting the use of chokeholds by the LAPD. The use of chokeholds ..."

2. Shielded from Justice: Police Brutality and Accountability in the United States by Allyson Collins (1998)
"The degree of precision necessary in applying chokeholds without causing severe injury ... health problems - make chokeholds an unacceptable force option. ..."

3. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"The example that gives rise to a lot of this is the Lyons case and the use of chokeholds in Los Angeles. I think that if Los Angeles for some reason wanted ..."

4. Report of the Independent Commission on the Los Angeles Police Department edited by Warren Christopher (1998)
"The Chief advocated continued use of the "modified carotid" chokehold. Instead, the Police Commission imposed a moratorium on both chokeholds, ..."

5. Justice on Trial: Racial Disparities in the American Criminal Justice System by Wade J. Henderson (2000)
"Lyons,130 the Supreme Court rejected the efforts of a black man to seek an injunction preventing the Los Angeles Police Department's use of chokeholds ..."

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