garrote

Also known as garrotting, ligature strangulation

thumb|A 1901 execution at the old Manila City Jail|Bilibid Prison, [[Manila, Philippines]]

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Commons category: Garrote

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Assassination weapon
Execution device
Abolition
Notable deaths by garroting
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thumb|A 1901 execution at the old Manila City Jail|Bilibid Prison, [[Manila, Philippines]]

A garrote ( ; alternatively spelled as garotte and similar variants) or garrote vil () is a weapon and a method of capital punishment. It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical) ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person.

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