strapado

strapado
noun
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
• Syn: ↑strappado
• Hypernyms: ↑torture, ↑torturing

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strapade, strapado(e
obs. ff. strappado.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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