(wrestling) A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face.
1995, Gordon D. Shirreffs , The Ghost Dancers , He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.
2011 , Chris Jericho , Undisputed: How to Become World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps , I stepped to the side like the world's worst matador and grabbed him in a front facelock. It was the only shoot hold I knew, one that harkened back to my days bouncing at Malarkey's in Calgary.
2012 , Terry Funk & ‎Scott E. Williams , Terry Funk: More Than Just Hardcore , Eventually, someone said, “OK, move the furniture, and let's wrestle.†The deal this night was Les challenging my dad, saying, “Bet you can't hold me in a front facelock.†My dad put the hold on, and Les struggled to free himself, but ended up passing out after a few minutes.
June 24, 2014, Rob Jenkins​, Jane L. McLachlan, & Karen Renaud, Facelock: familiarity-based graphical authentication, This contrast can be used as the basis for a personalised ‘facelock’, in which authentication succeeds or fails based on image-invariant recognition of faces that are familiar to the account holder. ----
