'stranglehold' definitions:

Definition of 'stranglehold'

(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 wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

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