The policeman put him in a chokehold.
Source: tatoeba (3672546)
Chokehold
//ˈt͡ʃəʊkhəʊld//
Synonyms for "chokehold" (5 found)
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19 translations across 10 languages.
Danish
1 entries- kvælertag noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
Faroese
2 entries- kvørkratak noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- kvørkratak noun (powerful and restrictive control or influence over something)
Finnish
4 entries- kuristusote noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- kuristusote noun (powerful and restrictive control or influence over something)
- kurkkuote noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- tarttua kurkusta verb (to put a hold around the neck of (someone))
French
1 entries- clé de tête noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
German
2 entries- Würgegriff noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- Würgegriff noun (powerful and restrictive control or influence over something)
Polish
3 entries- duszenie noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- duszenie noun (powerful and restrictive control or influence over something)
- dusić verb (to put a hold around the neck of (someone))
Portuguese
1 entries- mata-leão noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
Russian
1 entries- удуша́ющий приём noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
Spanish
3 entries- llave de cuello noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- llave mataleón noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
- mataleón noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
Swedish
1 entries- strypgrepp noun (grappling hold around a person’s neck)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom was put into a chokehold that he couldn't escape, so he tapped out.
Source: tatoeba (5207722)
He put his opponent in a chokehold.
Source: wiktionary
Within five to ten seconds, one officer began to apply a choke hold by pressing his forearm into [Adolph] Lyons' throat. As Lyons was struggling for air, the officer handcuffed him and continued to apply the choke hold until Lyons blacked out. He was almost choked to death. […] Between 1975 and 1982, sixteen people died from the LAPD [Los Angeles Police Department]'s use of choke holds.
Source: wiktionary
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