third degree

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession

Έννοιες

τρίτου βαθμού

ανάκριση τρίτου βαθμού

Συνώνυμα

rack

torture

Μεταφράσεις

interrogació brutal

Folter

chevalet

torture

passage à tabac

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Attested from 1900. The phrase, meaning "intense interrogation by police," likely refers to the Third Degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry, the ceremony for which included an interrogation. Alternatively, it reflects the practice of interrogation under torture, where three degrees of torture were recognized, of increasing intensity. In other contexts, three degrees of interrogation were recognised, with torture being the third degree.

Προτάσεις

Give them a little third degree .

Δώστε τους ένα μικρό τρίτο βαθμό.