Editing Garrote (section)

{{Short description|Execution method}}
{{For|the corregimiento in Panama|Garrote, Colón}}
[[File:Garrote Execution - 1901.png|thumb|A 1901 execution at the old [[Manila City Jail|Bilibid Prison]], [[Manila]], [[Philippines]]]]

A '''garrote''' ({{IPAc-en|g|ə|'|r|ɒ|t|,_|g|ə|'|r|oʊ|t}} {{respell|gə|RO(H)T}}; alternatively spelled as '''garotte''' and similar variants)<ref name=COED>''[[Concise Oxford English Dictionary|Oxford English Dictionary]]'', 11th Ed: '''garrotte''' is normal British English spelling, with single r alternate. Article title is US English spelling variant.</ref> or '''garrote vil''' ({{IPA|es|ɡaˈrote ˈβil|lang}}) is a [[weapon]] and a method of [[capital punishment]]. It consists of a handheld (or, in later years, sometimes mechanical) [[Ligature strangulation|ligature]] of chain, rope, scarf, wire, or fishing line, used to [[Strangling|strangle]] a person.<ref name=NEW>Newquist, H.P. and Maloof, Rich, ''This Will Kill You: A Guide to the Ways in Which We Go'', New York: St. Martin's Press, {{ISBN|978-0-312-54062-3}} (2009), pp. 133-6</ref>