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 Pranger - Definition 

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The Pranger is a torture device invented in Germany. Similar to the stocks and pillory, the Pranger was connected from the neck, via a chain, to a pair of leg restraints that were fastened around the offender's ankles. Often the chain was short so that the offender was placed in a very awkward, uncomfortable, semi-kneeling position.


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