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or execution, depending on how much of the skin is removed. This is often referred to as flaying alive. There are also records of people being flayed after death, generally as a means of debasing the corpse of a prominent enemy or criminal, sometimes related to metaphysical ideas (e.g., to deny an afterlife); sometimes the skin is used, again for deterrence, esoteric or ritualistic purposes, etc. (e.g., scalping).

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