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strapado

/strəˈpɑː.dəʊ/

Traduction: Supplice consistant à attacher les mains de la victime derrière le dos et à la hisser par une corde fixée aux poignets, avant de la laisser retomber d'un coup avec à-coup.

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noun

C2formalcommon/strəˈpɑː.dəʊ/

A noun referring to a form of torture in which the victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are lifted by a rope attached to the wrists, then dropped with a sudden jerk.

  • 🇫🇷Supplice consistant à attacher les mains de la victime derrière le dos et à la hisser par une corde fixée aux poignets, avant de la laisser retomber d'un coup avec à-coup.
  1. Torture method C2 formal

    A form of torture where the victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are lifted off the ground by a rope attached to their wrists, then dropped until the rope jerks them to a stop.

    • The prisoner was subjected to the strapado during interrogation.
    • Historical accounts describe the strapado as a brutal punishment.
    • The strapado was used in medieval times to extract confessions.

    🇫🇷Estrapade

    Synonymes: cordstrappado