eng: chokehold

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Meaning
means	(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" chokehold, throttlehold, stranglehold
means	(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" chokehold, choke hold