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strappado

Length / number of characters: 9
Number of words: 1

  • a form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person´s back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists, then allowed to drop until their fall is checked with a jerk by the rope
  • A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated
  • To punish or torture by the strappado

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