thumbscrew
Inquisitor's persuasion device
A thumbscrew is an instrument of torture that crushes the thumb or fingers between two bars tightened by screws.
By extension, thumbscrews refers to any coercive pressure applied to extract information or compliance: They put the thumbscrews on him until he confessed.
In hardware, a thumbscrew is a screw with a flattened or ridged head designed to be turned by thumb and finger without tools.
Frame for holding items
- pilloryPublic punishment restraint
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
interrogation · confession · medieval · torment · pain · suffering · cruelty · brutality
rack
Frame for holding items
- pilloryPublic punishment restraint
- stocksOwnership stakes or inventory
- dungeonSubterranean prison chamber
inquisition · interrogation · confession · medieval · torment · pain · suffering · cruelty · brutality · punishment
vise
Mounted clamping tool
secure · adjustable · knurled · wingnut · workbench · pressure · hold · carpentry · woodworking · metalwork
- medieval justicetrial by combat, trial by ordeal, trial by fire, trial by jury, ordeal
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
- adjustment toolswrench, screwdriver, hex key, torque wrench, socket wrench
- D-sub connectorsfemale connector, male connector, hood, standoff
- punishment toolswhip, chains, shackles, rack, stocks
- torturerack, the rack, iron maiden, waterboarding, flaying
thumbscrewbalm
Healing topical preparation
anesthetic · painkiller · comfort · healing touch · kindness
thumbscrewhumane treatment
Kind consideration for welfare
due process · habeas corpus · prisoner rights · amnesty · pardon