| NOUN | artifact | instrument of punishment | an instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person |
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| Meaning | An instrument designed and used to punish a condemned person. | |
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| Narrower | cangue | An instrument of punishment formerly used in China for petty criminals |
| cucking stool, ducking stool | An instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water | |
| instrument of torture | An instrument of punishment designed and used to inflict torture on the condemned person | |
| paddle | An instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board | |
| pillory | A wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck | |
| stocks | A former instrument of punishment consisting of a heavy timber / timber frame with holes in which the feet (and sometimes the hands) of an offender could be locked | |
| switch | A flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | |
| Broader | instrument | A device that requires skill for proper use |
| Spanish | instrumento de castigo | |
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