stranglehold

/strˈæŋgʌlhoʊld/

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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"
Noun
a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent''s windpipe
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