Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Garrote \Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Garroting}.]
   To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat,
   from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.