falanga

English Thesaurus

1. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels (noun.act)

hypernym	:	torture, torturing,
definition	:	the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason (noun.act)