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
   - strapado

Derived forms: strappados

Type of: torture, torturing

Encyclopedia: Strappado

• premise
• premises
• premiss
• premium
• Premium Bond
• premix
• premolar
• premonition
• premonitory
• Prenanthes
• Prenanthes alba
• Prenanthes purpurea
• Prenanthes serpentaria
• prenatal
• prenatal diagnosis
• prenominal
• prenotion
• prentice
• prenuptial
• prenuptial agreement
• preoccupancy
• preoccupation
• preoccupied
• preoccupy
• preoperative