enhanced interrogation technique

English

Etymology

Coined by the George W. Bush administration (administration of the 43rd President of the United States of America), with the antecedent German verschärfte Vernehmung (“enhanced interrogation”)

Noun

enhanced interrogation technique (plural enhanced interrogation techniques)

  1. (euphemistic) torture used to elicit answers in an interrogation

Synonyms
  • EIT (abbreviation)

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Derived terms
  • EIT (abbreviation)
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