stranglehold

Noun	1.	stranglehold - complete power over a person or situation; "corporations have a strangelhold on the media"; "the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public" Synonyms: chokehold, throttlehold
	2.	stranglehold - a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

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