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knout
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synonyms: scourge, pizzle, sjambok ???
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Definition:a heavy whip, often with metal hooks on the tips. An "enhanced interrogation technique" that flays the victim, often resulting in death.
image: By Jean-Baptiste Le Prince (1761) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15222102
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yesterday a deserter was knouted to death and a minister of that same law of love and forgiveness, a priest, gave the soldier a cross to kiss before his execution.
Leo Tolstoy. War and Peace: 08 (Book Eight)
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