Noun: stranglehold 'strang-gul,hówld
- Complete power over a person or situation
"corporations have a stranglehold on the media";
- chokehold, throttlehold
- A wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
"The referee quickly intervened when he saw the illegal stranglehold"
Derived forms: strangleholds
Type of: power, powerfulness, wrestling hold
Encyclopedia: Stranglehold