(n) 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, Syn. torturing, Example:it required unnatural torturing to extract a confession
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[韩爱晶 / 韓愛晶, Hán Ài jīngㄏㄢˊ ㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄥ] Han Aijing (1945-), notorious red guard leader during Cultural Revolution, spent 15 years in prison for imprisoning and torturing political leaders#255029