1. past tense of garrote; to strangle or execute someone with a garrote (a wire, cord, or metal collar used for strangulation)
Usage: often used in crime or historical contexts

Examples

• The victim was garotted with a wire in the alley.
• Historical records show that prisoners were garotted as a form of execution.
• The detective found evidence that the suspect had been garotted.
• In the crime novel, the villain garotted his enemies silently.
• The assassin garotted the guard before entering the building.
• Police determined the victim had been garotted sometime after midnight.