What is Garrotte?
[[File:Garrote Dummy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A mannequin is in the garrote to show the position of a human in the device]] A '''garrotte''' is a [[weapon]], usually a handheld length of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to [[Strangulation|strangle]] a person.<ref name=NEW>Newquist H.P. and Maloof Rich 2009. ''This will kill you: a guide to the ways in which we go''. New York: St. Martin's Press, 133-6. {{ISBN|978-0-312-54062-3}}</ref> '''Garotte''' is normal [[British English]] [[spelling]], with single ''''r'''' as an alternate.<ref name=COED>Concise Oxford English Dictionary 11th ed.</ref> '''Garrote''' with a single ''''t'''' is [[US English]] spelling. A Spanish version is ''garrote vil''. ==Assassination weapon== The garrote has been used for centuries for silent [[assassination]].<ref name=NEW/> It was widely used in 17th and 18th century [[India]] by the Thuggee [[cult]].<ref name=NEW/> A garrote can be made out of many materials, including slik scarves, ropes, [[cable tie]]s, fishing lines, nylon, and even guitar strings, telephone cord and [[piano wire]].<ref name=NEW/><ref name=WHI>Whittaker, Wayne 1943. Tough guys. ''Popular Mechanics'', (February) '''79''' #2, pp. 44</ref><ref name=STE>Steele, David E. 1986. Silent sentry removal. ''Black Belt Magazine'', (August) '''24''' #8, pp. 48-49</ref> The Indian version of the garrote often had a knot at the center to crush the [[larynx]] while applying pressure to the victim's back, usually by means of a foot or knee. A stick may be used to tighten the garrote (the Spanish word actually refers to the stick itself). In Spanish, the term may also refer to a rope and stick used to constrict a limb as a [[torture]] device.<ref name=NEW/><ref name=DRAE>''[http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/SrvltGUIBusUsual?TIPO_HTML=2&TIPO_BUS=3&LEMA=garrote#0_7 garrote]'', 7th sense, ''Diccionario de la Real Academia Española''.</ref> Since World War II the garrote has been regularly used as a weapon by soldiers as a silent means of eliminating (taking out) sentries and oth