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Significados de strapado en inglés

español
garrucha

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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Examples for "strappado"
Examples for "strappado"
1
But save me from the strappado, from the torment of the rack.
The Red Axe
2
I'd strappado you and then hang you within the next half-hour.
The Yeoman Adventurer
3
I'll uphold you to face Spaniards, strappado, rack, galleys, and all!
To Have and to Hold
4
By my faith, he shall know what the strappado means when I see Versailles again.
The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents
5
Scarpines and strappado won't lay stone on stone!
Sir Mortimer: A Novel
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