- third degree questioning
- [Police] interrogatoire musclé; passage à tabac
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
third degree questioning
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third degree — n: the grade given to the third most serious forms of crimes third–degree adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. third degree … Law dictionary
third degree — n. 1. in Freemasonry, the degree of master mason ☆ 2. [orig. ? fig. use of ritual by Freemasons] Informal harsh, grueling treatment and questioning of a prisoner in order to force a confession or exact information: often preceded by the third… … English World dictionary
third-degree — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of burns) being of the most severe kind, affecting tissue below the skin. 2) Law, chiefly N. Amer. (of a crime, especially murder) in the least serious category. ► NOUN (the third degree) ▪ long and harsh questioning to obtain… … English terms dictionary
third degree — third′ degree′ n. intensive questioning and rough treatment in order to get a confession • Etymology: 1895–1900, amer … From formal English to slang
third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / … Dictionary of American idioms
third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / … Dictionary of American idioms
third degree — /θɜd dəˈgri / (say therd duh gree) noun bullying or torture in questioning a person in order to extort information or a confession: to give someone the third degree. {origin unknown; perhaps from third degree, the highest rank in freemasonry,… …
third degree — n. a session of questioning, usually by the police. □ Bart got the third degree, but being the thoroughbred he is he was a clam. □ They gave Ziggy the third degree, but he refused to say anything … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
third degree — detailed questioning His mother gave him the third degree when he came home late last night … Idioms and examples
third-degree — adjective 1》 denoting burns of the most severe kind, affecting tissue below the skin. 2》 Law, N. Amer. denoting the least serious category of a crime, especially murder. noun (the third degree) long and harsh questioning to obtain information or… … English new terms dictionary
third degree — Intense questioning. ► “The Third Degree: Financial institutions should hold an interrogation, not an interview, with any employee it reasonably suspects has taken funds.” (Savings & Community Banker, July 1994, p. 45) … American business jargon
