Forgotten Tortures and Ancient Penalties Crossword Puzzle

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IMPRISON To confine someone in jail or prison
FLOGGING Severe whipping as corporal punishment
STOCKS Wooden frame locking feet, often used for public humiliation
SCOLDING Punishment for nagging women, often via branks or stocks
DUNGEON Dark prison cell used for long-term confinement
GAZING Staring in public as a form of social punishment
GALLOWS Structure for hanging condemned criminals
WHIPPING Punishment involving lashes delivered by a whip
WHIPPINGPOST Post used to tie criminals for flogging
QUARTERED Divided into four parts as a gruesome execution method
EXILE Forcing someone to live away from their homeland
DRAWN Part of 'hanged, drawn, and quartered'—to drag a prisoner
IRONMAIDEN Medieval torture device shaped like a sarcophagus with spikes
TORTURE Infliction of pain to extract information or punishment
PILLORY Wooden framework used to publicly expose offenders' heads and hands
PEINEFORTE Medieval rack stretching body in torture
BRANDED Marked with a hot iron as a form of punishment
BRANK A metal muzzle used to punish speech

Forgotten Tortures and Ancient Penalties

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