To execute by strangulation.
To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
To block, suppress, restrain.
To take no action on; to hold in reserve without actually using.
To hold an official inquiry regarding; to deliberate about.
To be a member of.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sit, on.
To restrain (a person).