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PROLONGED INTERROGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolonged interrogation mean? 

PROLONGED INTERROGATION (noun)
  The noun PROLONGED INTERROGATION has 1 sense:

1. a form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hoursplay

  Familiarity information: PROLONGED INTERROGATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROLONGED INTERROGATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A form of psychological torture inflicted by questioning the victim for hours

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("prolonged interrogation" is a kind of...):

torture; 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)


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