The garrote is a weapon and a method of capital punishment consisting of a handheld, and in later years sometimes mechanical, ligature made of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person. The Spanish form of the word, garrote vil, is associated with judicial execution by this method. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Weapon ClassLigature strangulation weapon 1 Sources
1. Wikipedia: Garrote
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It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical) ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to strangle a person.
Wikidata: Garrote
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