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Noun: strappado  stra'pey-dow or stra'paa-dow
  1. 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
    - strapado

Derived forms: strappados

Type of: torture, torturing

Encyclopedia: Strappado

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