strappado

• Supplice historique consistant à attacher les mains de la victime dans le dos, à la hisser par les poignets à l'aide d'une corde, puis à la laisser retomber brusquement ou subir des saccades violentes.

A noun referring to a historical method of torture where a victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are suspended by a rope attached to their wrists, then dropped with a sudden jerk.

1. Torture methodC2formal

   A form of punishment or torture where the victim's hands are tied behind their back and they are hoisted into the air by a rope attached to their wrists, then dropped abruptly, causing a painful jerk.

   Supplice de l'estrapade

   • The strappado was used during medieval interrogations.
   • Historical accounts describe the strappado as a brutal device.
   • The prisoner was subjected to the strappado to extract a confession.