| Definitions of 'strappado' |
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1. (noun) strappado, strapado
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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1. (noun) strappado
a military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated
2. (verb) strappado
to punish or torture by the strappado
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