stranglehold

Words with a similar base: stranglehold

'stranglehold'

[stranglehold.n.01] as in: complete power over a person or situation

Examples:
corporations have a stranglehold on the media
the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public

'stranglehold'

[stranglehold.n.02] as in: a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

Origins

					stranglehold (English)
├── hold (English)
│   ├── hold (Middle English (1100-1500))
│   │   └── hold (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│   └── holden (Middle English (1100-1500))
│       └── healdan (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── strangle (English)
    └── estrangler (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── strangulo (Latin)
            └── στραγγαλᾶν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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