00424324-n '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';
 
Chinese (simplified) 吊刑
English strappado , strapado
Italian tratti di fune , strappata
Definitions
English
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
Japanese
手を人の背中側で縛り、手首に縛ったロープで地面から引き上げ、ロープの動きで手が下がったことが確認されるまで吊り下げておく、拷問の一種
Relations
Hypernym: torture
Semantic Field: actn
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