To strip someone's clothes, bind them, hang them up, and torture them; to subject someone to severe physical abuse and interrogation.
捕快们将嫌犯带回衙门，对他进行了绷爬吊拷，希望逼问出实情。
The constables brought the suspect back to the yamen and subjected him to stripping, binding, hanging, and torture, hoping to extract the truth.
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