Stranglehold - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈstræŋɡlhəʊld|  American pronunciation of the word stranglehold
Brit.  |ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lhəʊld|  British pronunciation of the word stranglehold

noun

- complete power over a person or situation
corporations have a stranglehold on the media
- a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

Extra examples

The stranglehold of the rich on the life-blood of the working man.

...the dictator had a fierce stranglehold on the country, keeping its people in poverty and ignorance...

Word forms

noun
singular: stranglehold
plural: strangleholds
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