Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)stranglehold, chokehold, throttleholdcomplete power over a person or situation“corporations have a stranglehold on the media”, “the president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public”
(n)chokehold, choke holda restraining hold; someone loops the arm around the neck of another person in a tight grip, usually from behind“he grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled”