estiracordetes

Verb-object compound, composed of estira (“to pull, to stretch”) +‎ cordetes (“small ropes”), from the diminutive of corda (“rope”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˌti.ɾə.kurˈdɛ.təs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˌti.ɾə.korˈdə.təs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˌti.ɾa.koɾˈðe.tes]

estiracordetes m or f by sense (invariable)

1. executioner's assistant
2. (figurative) an accomplice in doing harm to someone

• “estiracordetes”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007