Strapado
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
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
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- strappado
- plural
- Strapados
- possessive
- Strapado's
- pluralpossessive
- Strapados'