Noun:
complete 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
a 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
近义词 stranglehold压制自由throttlehold扼杀压制