1.Definition: 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"

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):stranglehold, throttlehold

Category: General