A form of punishment or of torture to extort confession in which the victim's hands were tied across his back and secured to a pulley; he was…
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > by strappado (2) strappado1560 A form of punishment or of torture to extort confession in which the victim's hands were tied across his back and secured to a pulley; he was… estrapade1856 Historical. A torture consisting in attaching a person's hands and feet to a rope, drawing him up by them to a great height, and then letting him… |
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