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    [Noun]  | "stran*gle*hold" | \ ˈstraŋ-gəl-ˌhōld \


    1: an illegal wrestling hold by which one's opponent is choked

    2: a force or influence that chokes or suppresses freedom of movement or expression


    Origin: 1893 ;

     [ "stranglehold" ]

    1:  (Wrestling) a wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arms are pressed against his opponent's windpipe. complete power or control over a person or situation

      * e.g.,  ... His stranglehold is very good. He has been training for 4 years. 

     [ "Stranglehold" ]

    1: An act where a stripper wraps her thighs around a patrons neck

      * e.g.,  ... That dancer has a stranglehold on tbat dude. 

     [ "Italian Stranglehold" ]

    1: The monopoly that the Italian Cardinals had on the Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church, most lately from 1523 to 197 Essentially minority control of an international entity for that minority's personal gain; "a government of the Italians, by the Italians, and for the Italians." This situation has also led to Italian control of the central bureaucracy (the Curia) that persists to this day. For the most part, the Italian Cardinals feel "Vastly Entitled" to this unique status; however the rest of the Cardinals seem to think otherwise, and have consistently elected non-Italian Popes since 197 The last two Popes have let the Curia "do its own thing" (John Paul II never really understood it and ignored it, and Benedict XVI was more concerned with the trappings of power such as the color of his own shoes and obscure scholarly pursuits than with actually leading the Church).

      * e.g.,  ... The Italian Stranglehold led to much corruption in the Roman Catholic Church. 

     [ "Dick Stranglehold" ]

    1: Sexual Act ...to grab ones dick violently...as a means of pleasure....

      * e.g.,  ... Tonight when I get home I will Im going to give my self a dick stranglehold.. 

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