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strapado

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noun

  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

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    Synonyms strappado

    Source: WordNet 3.0

Nearby words

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