| NOUN | act | judicial torture | torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials |
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| Meaning | torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials. | |
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| Example | "the English renounced judicial torture in 1640" | |
| Broader | 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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