Strappado - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |strəˈpɑːdəʊ|  American pronunciation of the word strappado
Brit.  |straˈpɑːdəʊ|  British pronunciation of the word strappado

noun

- 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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