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    JUDICIAL TORTURE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officialsplay

    Example:

    the English renounced judicial torture in 1640

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("judicial torture" is a kind of...):

    torture; torturing (the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason)

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