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Definition of Garroter
1. Noun. Someone who kills by strangling.
Generic synonyms: Killer, Slayer
Derivative terms: Choke, Garrote, Garrotte, Strangle, Throttle
Definition of Garroter
1. n. One who seizes a person by the throat from behind, with a view to strangle and rob him.
Definition of Garroter
1. Noun. A person who uses a garrote. ¹
2. Noun. A person who strangles someone from behind. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garroter
1. one that garrotes [n -S] - See also: garrotes
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garroter
Literary usage of Garroter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To which is Appended by Francis Wharton (1875)
"Supposing, however, we substitute for the subject of the major premiss the term "
garroter," — slightly varying the predicate, the process may be then thus ..."
2. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"Supposing, however, we substitute for the subject of the major premise the term "
garroter "—slightly varying the predicate, the process may be ..."
3. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Criminal Issues by Francis Wharton (1884)
"The defendant offered to prove that the deceased was an experienced and practised
garroter, leaving it to be inferred that the deceased's grip on the throat ..."
4. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter.
He was genteel, effeminate, graceful, robust, sluggish, ferocious. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Homicide in the United States: To which is Appended by Francis Wharton (1875)
"Supposing, however, we substitute for the subject of the major premiss the term "
garroter," — slightly varying the predicate, the process may be then thus ..."
6. A Treatise on Criminal Law by Francis Wharton, William Draper Lewis (1896)
"Supposing, however, we substitute for the subject of the major premise the term "
garroter "—slightly varying the predicate, the process may be ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence in Criminal Issues by Francis Wharton (1884)
"The defendant offered to prove that the deceased was an experienced and practised
garroter, leaving it to be inferred that the deceased's grip on the throat ..."
8. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"It was the street boy turned pickpocket, and a pickpocket turned garroter.
He was genteel, effeminate, graceful, robust, sluggish, ferocious. ..."
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