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| has gloss | (noun) a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels bastinado, falanga |
| lexicalization | eng: bastinado |
| lexicalization | eng: falanga |
| subclass of | (noun) the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" torturing, torture |
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