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strappado

strap·pado

uncommon

noun

1.

torture in which a person''s hands and tied behind their back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope tied to their wrists and that allowed to drop until their fall is checked by the rope

Origin

From Italian strappato, from strappare (“to pull”).

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