Garroter (Noun)
Meaning
Someone who kills by strangling.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The police were on the lookout for a garroter who had been terrorizing the city for months, leaving a trail of victims with no leads or witnesses.
- Detectives suspected that the garroter was someone who knew the victims personally, given the lack of signs of forced entry or struggle at the crime scenes.
- The garroter's modus operandi was to target lone women walking home at night, using a scarf or rope to silently strangle them before fleeing the scene.
- Forensic experts were studying the ligature marks on the victims' necks to try and identify the type of material the garroter was using to kill.
- As the body count rose, the community was gripped with fear, wondering when the garroter would strike again and who would be the next victim.