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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.

strappado

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Examples for "strappado"

strappado

Examples for "strappado"

But save me from the strappado, from the torment of the rack. 
 The Red Axe 

I'd strappado you and then hang you within the next half-hour. 
 The Yeoman Adventurer 

I'll uphold you to face Spaniards, strappado, rack, galleys, and all! 
 To Have and to Hold 

By my faith, he shall know what the strappado means when I see Versailles again. 
 The Refugees / A Tale of Two Continents 

Scarpines and strappado won't lay stone on stone! 
 Sir Mortimer: A Novel 

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