严刑逼供 [
yán xíng bī gòng]
extract confession by torturing
extort a confession from sb. by torture
interrogate sb. under torture to exact a confession
- 供认是警方严刑逼供得到的.
The confession was extracted under torture by the police. - 这家报社的执行编辑的家人说道,他为此遭到了严刑逼供。
The family of the acting editor says he has been tortured. - 因此,奥巴马过往不究这一众所周知立场看似只适合于严刑逼供或非法监视。
So Obama's famous position of not looking backward seems to apply only to crimes like torture or illegal warrantless surveillance.