Torture
Of persecution. May also be referred to as 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; "it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession".
This concept's ID is @1~2169
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- kia quen
A form of foot torture used by the Chinese in which the victim's foot was placed between...
- kittee
A form of torture used by American Indians in which sensitive parts of the body were squeezed...
- nail pulling
A form of torture in which the fingernails or toenails are removed.
- picket
A form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier...
- prolonged interrogation
A form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for...
- electric shock
The use of electricity to administer punishment or torture; "they used cattle prods...
- rack
A form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body.
- sensory deprivation
A form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of all sensory...
- sleep deprivation
A form of psychological torture inflicted by depriving the victim of sleep.
- strappado
A form of torture in which the hands are tied behind a person's back and they are lifted...
- dismemberment
The removal of limbs; being cut to pieces.
- bastinado
A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels.
- boot
A form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed.
- burning
A form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn...
- crucifixion
The infliction of extremely painful punishment or suffering.
- genital torture
Blunt or penetrating trauma or rape (vaginal or anal).
- judicial torture
Torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials;...