1. garrote - Noun
2. garrote - Verb
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
Source: Webster's dictionarypeople were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain Source: Internet
In 1943, Andorra carried out its first execution since the 19th century, that of Antoni Arenis for double fratricide by firing squad (because a trained executioner was unavailable to operate the legal method - Garrote ). Source: Internet