English-Finnish translations for noose

• hirttosilmukka
  Erittäin tiukkoja Maastrichtin indikaattoreita voidaan verrata vesilasin tarjoamiseen henkilölle, jonka kaulaan on pujotettu hirttosilmukka. 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.
  Tämä on taattu kansallisilla uudistusohjelmilla, jolloin Lissabonin strategiassa julistetun kapitalistisen barbarismin hirttosilmukka voi kuristaa kansalaiset nopeammin ja täsmällisemmin.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.
  hirttosilmukka kiristyy
• juoksusilmukka

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