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In the sense "intense interrogation by police," c.1900 England, probably referent Third Degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry (1772 {var.}), the conferring of which is said to include an extreme and severe interrogation.
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∙ 12y agoThe saying came from 19th Century Detective Bureau Chief Thomas F. Byrnes.
1st degree was Persuasion. 2nd degree was Intimidation. 3rd degree was Pain.
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