SCRAG

I. noun Etymology: perhaps alteration of 2crag Date: 1542 a rawboned or scrawny person or animal, 2. the lean end of a neck of mutton or veal, neck , II. transitive verb (~ged; ~ging) Date: 1752 1. to execute by hanging or garroting, to wring the neck of, 2. choke , manhandle 1, kill , murder