'chokehold' definitions:

Definition of 'chokehold'

(from WordNet)
noun
Complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public" [syn: stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold]
noun
A restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind; "he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled" [syn: chokehold, choke hold]