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"a kind of torture, like the thumb-screws" (Medhurst 1847, 148) "a wooden instrument for the squeezing the ankles to extort evidence" (Giles 1912, 136) "torture instruments used for squeezing in order to elicit evidence" (Mathews 1931, 82) "formerly, an instrument of torture, a rack" (Lin 1972) "leg-rack applied to criminals" (DeFrancis 1996)
The rack is a torture device that consists of an oblong, rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, with a roller at one, or both, ends, having at one end a fixed bar to which the legs were fastened, and at the other a movable bar to which the hands were tied. The victim's feet are fastened to one roller, and the wrists ...
A torture rack in Rothschildschloss castle, Austria. The rack is a torture device consisting of a rectangular, usually wooden frame, slightly raised from the ground, [1] with a roller at one or both ends. The victim's ankles are fastened to one roller and the wrists are chained to the other.
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Torture [a] is defined as the deliberate infliction of severe pain or suffering on someone under the control of the perpetrator. [2] [3] The treatment must be inflicted for a specific purpose, such as punishment and forcing the victim to confess or provide information.
The group, a mix of men and women, ripped a migrant couple from their home at The Edge — then took them to another apartment where they were bound, pistol-whipped and beaten, cops said.
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In May 1546, she was arrested for the third time, and tortured in the Tower of London, the only woman to have been tortured there, aside from Margaret Cheyne. She was ordered to name like-minded women but refused. The torturers, Lord Chancellor Thomas Wriothesley and Sir Richard Rich, used the rack, but Askew refused to renounce her beliefs. On ...