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Medieval and Ancient Punishment Practices
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Across
- 1. Marking a criminal permanently with a hot iron
- 3. Punishment involving being whipped or beaten
- 4. Tool associated with the execution method of “pressing”
- 7. To confine someone as a penalty
- 11. Wooden framework used to expose offenders to public humiliation
- 14. Enclosure to confine and expose prisoners
- 16. Device that restrained the feet for public punishment
Down
- 2. A chair designed to punish by tightening restraints and inflicting pain
- 5. Striking with a cane as a disciplinary measure
- 6. Historical torture device shaped like a coffin with spikes inside
- 8. Method of testing witches by submerging in water
- 9. Infliction of severe pain to punish or extract information
- 10. Beating with a lash as a form of corporal punishment
- 12. Forced removal from one's home or country as punishment
- 13. Punishment for nagging or gossip, often by public shaming
- 15. Structure used to hang criminals for execution
- 17. Metal mask used to punish and silence women
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