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1. Complete power over a person or situation
   "the president applied a chokehold to labour disputes that inconvenienced the public";
   - stranglehold, throttlehold
    
2. 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 jewellery, and then fled";
   - choke hold

Derived forms: chokeholds

Type of: clasp, clench, clutch, clutches, grasp, grip, hold, power, powerfulness

Encyclopedia: Chokehold