third degree

短语

[法] 拷问, 酷刑逼供, 疲劳讯问

发音

AU

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession

    非正式

    When I came home at 4 a.m., my dad really gave me the third degree.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

interrogation examination interrogatory

词源

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.

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