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Pain weaponized into confession, control, or cruelty for its own sake.
means The deliberate infliction of severe physical or mental suffering, usually to punish, coerce, or extract information.
from From Latin torquere, to twist — the same root as torque, because early torture literally meant wrenching the body out of shape.
Useless intelTortured confessions are notoriously false, not reliable.
Banned globallyOutlawed by the UN Convention Against Torture, 1984.
Word driftNow also means any tedious ordeal, like meetings.