third degree

n.

Mental or physical torture used to obtain information or a confession from a prisoner.

Intensive questioning or rough treatment used to obtain information or a confession, as in The detectives gave her the third degree, or Jim gave her the third degree when she came home so late. This term comes from freemasonry, where a candidate receives the third or highest degree, that of master mason, upon passing an intensive test. Dating from the 1770s, the phrase was transferred to other kinds of interrogation in the late 1800s.

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A colloquial term used to describe unlawful methods of coercing an individual to confess to a criminal offense by overcoming his or her free will through the use of psychological or physical violence.

The least serious grade of a specific crime— the grades being classified by the law according to the circumstances under which the crime is committed—for which the least punishment specified by statute will be imposed.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - udsætte for tredjegradsforhør
n. - tortur

idioms:

• third-degree burn    tredjegrads forbrænding

Français (French)
adj. - troisième degré
n. - interrogatoire musclé, (fig) interrogation
v. tr. - soumettre qn à un interrogatoire musclé

idioms:

• third-degree burn    brûlure du troisième degré

Deutsch (German)
v. - einem strengen Verhör unterziehen
adj. - dritten Grades
n. - strenges Verhör, dritter Grad

idioms:

• third-degree burn    Verbrennung dritten Grades

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κάνω ανάκριση τρίτου βαθμού
adj. - τρίτου βαθμού

idioms:

• third-degree burn    έγκαυμα τρίτου βαθμού

Italiano (Italian)
di terzo grado

idioms:

• third-degree burn    ustione di terzo grado

Português (Portuguese)
v. - interrogar, apertar alguém com perguntas
adj. - interrogatório rigoroso (com coação física)

idioms:

• third-degree burn    queimaduras de terceiro grau

Русский (Russian)
третей степени

idioms:

• third-degree burn    (ожог) третей степени

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tercer grado
n. - tercer grado

idioms:

• third-degree burn    quemadura de tercer grado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - utsätta för tredje graden (förhör etc.)
adj. - tredje gradens

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
第三级的, 第三级, 疲劳讯问

idioms:

• third-degree burn    严重灼伤, 三度灼伤

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 第三級的
n. - 第三級, 疲勞訊問

idioms:

• third-degree burn    嚴重灼傷, 三度灼傷

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (화상이) 제3도의, (범죄+E1165가) 제3급의+E1210
n. - 제3도, 제3급

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 第三級の
v. - 拷問にかける

idioms:

• third-degree burn    第三度熱傷

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בדרגה שלישית (כוויות)‬
n. - ‮חקירה בעינויים או בלחץ‬

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