stranglehold
(noun)
noun
1. complete power over a person or situation
- corporations have a stranglehold on the media
Similar word(s): chokehold, throttlehold
Definition categories: attribute, power, powerfulness
2. a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe
Definition categories: act
Sentences with stranglehold as a noun:
- For years the company had a stranglehold on the rest of the industry.