stranglehold

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stranglehold Definition

• (n) complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a strangelhold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
• (n) a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent''s windpipe

stranglehold Synonyms

• chokehold
• stranglehold
• throttlehold