English-Danish translations for noose

• løkke
  Maastricht-indikatorerne er lige så kvælende, som hvis vi tilbød et glas vand til en person, som vi lige havde lagt en løkke om halsen på. The Maastricht indicators are so suffocating, it is as if we were giving a glass of water to a person whose neck we have put in a noose.
  Men som De ved, er en glorie inden for politik kun 12 tommer fra at være en løkke, og vores ry afhænger af vores evne til at imødekomme nye udfordringer. But as you know, in politics a halo is only 12 inches from being a noose and our reputations depend on our ability to meet ever-new challenges.
  De er sikret gennem de nationale reformprogrammer, så man hurtigt og præcist kan stramme den barbariske kapitalistiske løkke, som prædikes i Lissabon-strategien, om halsen på befolkningerne. This has been safeguarded in the National Reform Programmes, so that the noose of capitalist barbarity preached in the Lisbon Strategy can throttle the people quickly and with precision.

Definition of noose

• An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso
• To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare

Related words

• burnoose
• hangman's noose
• hangman’s noose