| NOUN | act | kittee | a form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more |
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| Meaning | A form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed between two boards until the victim could bear no more. | |
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| 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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