Garrote

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.