He grabbed the woman in a chokehold, demanded her cash and jewelry, and then fled.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

The president applied a chokehold to labor disputes that inconvenienced the public.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Stewart showed them how to slip a grip and how to break a chokehold, and that their canes might be their best bet for help.    From Wordnik.com.  [dispatch.com: RSS] Reference

Japanese outfield hopeful So Taguchi could learn to say "chokehold" in English.    From Wordnik.com.  [USATODAY.com - Kile tragedy has somber effect on fun-loving team] Reference

Spot, are you concerned at all about the 110 "chokehold" expansion project about to commence?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Noontime Briefs and Outtakes for Thursday] Reference

Taylor cited a "chokehold" on advertising created by the economic slowdown for Citadel's bankruptcy.    From Wordnik.com.  [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference

A man placed a male pedestrian in a chokehold and demanded cash.    From Wordnik.com.  [D.C. Crime Watch] Reference

He faced him away from him, put him in a chokehold and killed him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 28, 2007] Reference

I think the loss of his dignity pained him more than the chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shaman's Crossing]

SANCHEZ: So, I'm going to come behind her and put her in a chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 17, 2005] Reference

Cupid got these young loves in a chokehold on the set of Gossip Girl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nicole Williams: Hottest Work Hookups] Reference

He's credited with forcing L.A. police to eliminate use of the chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2005] Reference

It took 64 long hours for the Gudgeon to slip out of the Soviets 'chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reliving The Past] Reference

This is just the kind of market chokehold the new legislation tries to undo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ratings Firms' Power Trip Lays Bare Their Weaknesses] Reference

Hari has no love for Hamas, but has witnessed firsthand the chokehold on Gaza.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ghetto Blasters: James Wolcott] Reference

The rural areas have placed a chokehold on the Democratic Party for some time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hillary Campaign Emails Out "Electability" Power-Point To All House Dems] Reference

The majority is mired in it, while a relative few have escaped its chokehold grip.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Business Of Scandal] Reference

Israel must share the blame because of its chokehold on Gaza and the Palestinians.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Bloody Battle] Reference

Today we've got this brutal organization in a chokehold, and we're not letting up.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2006] Reference

The gnarled hands gripping the air as if clutching a liberal in a lethal chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angry White Man Wigs Out: James Wolcott] Reference

Francine calmly stood up and put me in a chokehold inspired by her favorite wrestler.    From Wordnik.com.  [cordeliameg Diary Entry] Reference

Senator Joe Lieberman has a chokehold on efforts by Democrats to push the bill through.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 16, 2009] Reference

Such contact would help break Havana's chokehold on information about the outside world.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2009] Reference

Another woman trying to break the old guard's economic chokehold could be shown the door.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kathleen Reardon: Will They Pull a Brooksley Born on Elizabeth Warren?] Reference

Such contact would help break Havana's chokehold about information about the outside world.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2009] Reference

That level of expenditure suppresses wages and places a chokehold on the country's economy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dean Garfield: Technology, the Road to Recovery, and Personal Prosperity] Reference

One involved the chokehold that was finally outlawed with the Los Angeles Police Department.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 30, 2005] Reference

Plus, credit card companies find a new way to put a financial chokehold on millions of consumers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 6, 2009] Reference

The first report had the two in a "violent brawl," with Washington holding Dempsey in a chokehold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Newsmakers] Reference

By Wednesday, the noose was beginning to tighten around the duck's neck in a chokehold that would permit no escape.    From Wordnik.com.  [Descent Into Evil] Reference

Starting in Lupus and moving to Homid for a quick unseen chokehold or from Crinos to Lupus to evade an incoming blow.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

COOPER: When Flack tried to call 911, he says Ohayan put him in a chokehold and had to be restrained by his co-workers.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2005] Reference

Chester Centaur's way to handle something he didn't like was to pick it up in a chokehold and shake the stuffing from it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Centaur Aisle]

You actually can see the guard, Ken Moon (ph), at the jail in Tampa as an inmate comes after him, puts a chokehold on him.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2009] Reference

PIRRO: Well, anyone who takes you and puts a chokehold from the biceps and the forearm and bites your ear at the same time.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 12, 2009] Reference

Once seized by the Serbs, Hadzici became pivotal to Serb plans to form a strategic chokehold around Muslim-controlled Sarajevo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sarajevo On The Spot] Reference

But the mob was alive and well in the late '70s and early' 80s when the infamous first ward had a chokehold on this metropolis.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2004] Reference

They called it a bit of a chokehold, where we come to a standstill and all the cars stop, because it's something going to happen.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 25, 2008] Reference

Now that the chokehold has been released, you have the generals saying, the generals, the commanders saying, we don't need more troops.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 31, 2006] Reference