airplane
n.— «Victims described a range of tortures: electric shocks, a technique called “the airplane” in which a victim is suspended from a pole and beaten, hands and feet bound together.» —“Why was I tortured?” by Scheherezade Faramarzi in Al Hoceima, Morocco News24 (South Africa) May 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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