strangulatory

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Meanwhile, those southerners imagined to be benefiting from northern largesse take to the streets of Athens and Lisbon to rage against the strangulatory strings attached to the money.

Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011
Meanwhile, those southerners imagined to be benefiting from northern largesse take to the streets of Athens and Lisbon to rage against the strangulatory strings attached to the money.

Globalisation: Spinning into reverse | Editorial 2011
But Richelieu had taken her white neck in the short strangulatory hug of the small boy, and held her fast.

A Phyllis of the Sierras Bret Harte 1869