garroted

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It first belonged to the nephew and heir of Atahualpa, the Incan King whom the Spanish conquistadores garroted in 1533.

From Time Magazine Archive

Some of these robbers were arrested, but the Virgin had compassion on them for leaving the proceeds of their raid, so none was garroted or even sentenced.

From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)

On either side the road lay swamps, their gaunt trees festooned, or rather garroted, with vines, and draped with gray moss; while all about and among them lay their comrades already prostrate and decaying.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 90, April, 1865 by Various

"Say nothing to me," returned Lawyer Perkins, hastily thrusting a handful of loose papers into the open throat of the green bag, which he garroted an instant afterwards with a thick black cord.

From The Stillwater Tragedy by Aldrich, Thomas Bailey

Soon the town, garroted as it were, seemed to be asleep, and safe from robbers and evil-doers, except through the roofs.

From Maitre Cornelius by Balzac, Honoré de