garrote

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kuristaa kuristuslangalla an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
2004: w: Chris Wallace (journalist)|Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage

The Spanish had responded to the insurgency with characteristic brutality. They gave rebels the "usual four shots in the back" or the garrote - an iron collar tightened around the victim's neck with a screw until he was strangled to death.

The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.