torture

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It’s also better than the 78th Academy Awards’ best picture winner “Crash” — a tortured go at race relations that’s still viewed as one of Oscar’s greatest blunders.

From Salon

Israel's government has rejected accusations of widespread ill-treatment and torture of detainees, and insisted that it is fully committed to international legal standards.

From BBC

"I didn't feel an immediate physical threat. No one was knocking on my door, I wasn't jailed or tortured."

From Barron's

I didn’t have long to keep torturing myself with questions.

From Literature

The aunt of a man who died in prison has told the court deciding on compensation owed that trying to get answers since his death has been "torture".

From BBC