judicial torture

1. 1.

   torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials

   “the English renounced judicial torture in 1640”

   Broadertorture

Questions about judicial torture

What does judicial torture mean?

judicial torture means "torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials".

Is judicial torture a common word?

judicial torture is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.