Chokeholds

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A restraining move in which one person seizes another around the neck in a tight grip, typically from behind.

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Noun	1.	chokehold - 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" stranglehold, throttlehold power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"
	2.	chokehold - 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" choke hold clutch, clutches, grip, hold, clasp, clench, grasp - the act of grasping; "he released his clasp on my arm"; "he has a strong grip for an old man"; "she kept a firm hold on the railing"

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Most chokeholds put pressure on a person's windpipe.

Learn the Three Deadliest Submission Moves in Mixed Martial Arts by Yossarian Fisher / Health, general community

The commission imposed a moratorium on chokeholds back in the 1980s.

EDITORIAL FLASHLIGHT FUTILITY FEEL-GOOD LAPD POLICY DOES NOTHING TO ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

18) The Supreme Court ruled that Lyons did not allege a sufficient probability of future injury to seek an injunction against the use of chokeholds in situations involving no threat of immediate deadly force.

Risk magnified: standing under the statist lens by Fan, Mary D. / Yale Law Journal

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