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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. complete power over a person or situation;
- Example: "corporations have a stranglehold on the media"
- Example: "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public"
[syn: stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold]

2. a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

stranglehold
    n 1: 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"
         [syn: stranglehold, chokehold, throttlehold]
    2: a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the
       opponent's windpipe