third degree

Nghĩa (Tiếng Anh)

Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession

Từ đồng nghĩa

rack

torture

Từ nguyên (Tiếng Anh)

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 recognised, of increasing intensity. In other contexts, three degrees of interrogation were recognised, with torture being the third degree.

Câu

Give them a little third degree .

Cung cấp cho họ một cấp độ thứ ba.