Garoter

/ɡəˈroʊtər/ noun

Definition

A person who strangles someone with a garrote or wire device, often a criminal who attacks victims.

Etymology

From garrote + -er (agent suffix). English adopted this term from Spanish in the 16th-17th centuries to describe someone who commits garroting attacks.

Kelly Says

In 19th-century cities, garoters became so notorious that newspapers sensationalized their crimes—the word itself sparked urban panic and became the boogeyman of street crime before modern policing.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ጋሮትር
ga-ro-ter
ARالعربية
غاروتير
gharoo-teer
BNবাংলা
গারোটের
ga-ro-ter
CACatalà
garoter
ga-ro-ter
CSČeština
garoter
ga-ro-ter
DADansk
garoter
ga-ro-ter
DEDeutsch
garoter
ga-ro-ter
ELΕλληνικά
γαρoτερ
garo-ter
ESEspañol
garoter
ga-ro-ter
FAفارسی
گاروتر
ga-ro-ter
FISuomi
garoter
ga-ro-ter
FRFrançais
garoter
ga-ro-ter
GUGU
ગારોટર
ga-ro-ter
HAHA
garoter
ga-ro-ter
HEעברית
גרוטר
gro-ter
HIहिन्दी
गारोटर
ga-ro-ter
HUMagyar
garoter
ga-ro-ter
IDBahasa Indonesia
garoter
ga-ro-ter
IGIG
garoter
ga-ro-ter
ITItaliano
garoter
ga-ro-ter
JA日本語
ガロテル
ga-ro-teru
KKKK
гаротер
garoter
KMKM
គារូតែ
ga-roo-ta
KO한국어
가로터
ga-ro-teo
MRMR
गरोटर
ga-ro-ter
MSBahasa Melayu
garoter
ga-ro-ter
MYမြန်မာ
ဂါရိုတာ
ga-ro-ta
NLNederlands
garoter
ga-ro-ter
NONorsk
garoter
ga-ro-ter
PAPA
ਗਾਰੋਟਰ
ga-ro-ter
PLPolski
garoter
ga-ro-ter
PTPortuguês
garoter
ga-ro-ter
RORomână
garoter
ga-ro-ter
RUРусский
гаротер
garoter
SVSvenska
garoter
ga-ro-ter
SWKiswahili
garoter
ga-ro-ter
TAதமிழ்
காரோட்டர்
kaaroo-tter
TEతెలుగు
గారోటర్
ga-roo-ter
THไทย
การอตเตอ
ka-ro-ter
TLTL
garoter
ga-ro-ter
TRTürkçe
garoter
ga-ro-ter
UKУкраїнська
гаротер
garoter
URاردو
گاروٹر
ga-ro-ter
VITiếng Việt
garoter
ga-ro-ter
YOYO
garoter
ga-ro-ter
ZH中文
加罗特
jiā luò tè
ZUZU
igaroter
i-ga-ro-ter

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