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| has gloss | (noun) torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials; "the English renounced judicial torture in 1640" judicial torture |
| lexicalization | eng: judicial torture |
| subclass of | (noun) 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession" torturing, torture |
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