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. (US, euphemistic, primarily plural) Torture.

Synonyms

• EIT (abbreviation)

Hypernyms

• torture

Derived terms

• EIT (abbreviation)

Translations

torture

• Swedish: robust förhörsmetod c