Someone who tortures.

The intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony. / (chiefly literary) The "suffering of the heart" imposed by one on another, as in personal relationships.

(transitive) To intentionally inflict severe pain or suffering on (someone).

(law) A person who commits a tort.

(often figuratively) Twisted; having many turns; convoluted. / (astrology) Oblique; applied to the six signs of the zodiac (from Capricorn to Gemini) that ascend most rapidly and obliquely.

a domestic cat whose fur has black, brown and yellow markings

An upright stake on which people were nailed to be executed, especially that used to execute Jesus Christ according to the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses.

The horny, translucent, mottled covering of the carapace of the hawksbill turtle, used as a veneer etc. / The hawksbill turtle.

Made of the covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle. / Having markings resembling covering of carapace of hawksbill turtle.

(obsolete) Wrongful; harmful. / (law) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.