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Definisi 'strappado'
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English to English noun
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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 |  | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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To punish or torture by the strappado. | | source: webster1913
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