1. (

• stranglehold ,
• chokehold ,
• throttlehold

) 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" ;

2. (

• chokehold ,
• choke_hold

) 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" ;