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  1. 古時刑求毒打審問嫌犯方式拍案驚奇·》:老媽不管好歹動不動用刑拷打擺佈不過正要計策脫身。」紅樓夢·一回》:不便拷打他們瓦子太陽地茶飯一日一日便是一日。」鞭撻

to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)​, to give sb the third degree, to torture
torture
peitschen , schlagen, besiegen