armlock

Definitions

noun A hold in wrestling and martial arts in which the opponent's arm is immobilized, often by flexing or extending the opponent's elbow or shoulder joint.

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Then he put Humfrey in a kind of armlock and marched him forward.

Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
Then he put Humfrey in a kind of armlock and marched him forward.

Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
But as he stepped backward into the parking lot, holding the teller in an armlock and aiming the gun at her head, the dye pack exploded.

Robber killed outside Takoma Park bank Dan Morse 2011
But as he stepped backward into the parking lot, holding the teller in an armlock and aiming the gun at her head, the dye pack exploded.

Robber killed outside Takoma Park bank Dan Morse 2011
The bald one puts an armlock on me and applies pressure at the elbow.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
But as he stepped backward into the parking lot, holding the teller in an armlock and aiming the gun at her head, the dye pack exploded.

Robber killed outside Takoma Park bank Dan Morse 2011
The bald one puts an armlock on me and applies pressure at the elbow.

Soul Trapper F. J. Lennon 2011
But as he stepped backward into the parking lot, holding the teller in an armlock and aiming the gun at her head, the dye pack exploded.

Robber killed outside Takoma Park bank Dan Morse 2011
While I was trying to secure a handcuffing armlock, a half a brick came out of the crowd and pegged me in the side of the head.

Oversight Steve Perry 2010
You don't collect a donor by putting an armlock on him; you use a needle gun.

Minnesota Menage Jack Swenson 2010