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third degree

1. (informal) Intensive rough interrogation in order to extract information or a confession

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

   • 2020, Jinee Lokaneeta, The Truth Machines, University of Michigan Press, →ISBN, page 168:

     In the book I use the terms "third degree" and "torture" interchangeably because "third degree" has become synonymous with torture and the interviewees often used them interchangeably.

使用する際の注意点

Chiefly used in the expression give someone the third degree.

参考

• Spanish Inquisition

Further reading

• “the third degree” (US) / “the third degree” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “the third degree”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “the third degree”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “give somebody the third degree” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.

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