enhanced interrogation technique
English
Etymology
Coined by the George W. Bush administration (administration of the 43rd President of the United States of America), with the antecedent German verschärfte Vernehmung (“enhanced interrogation”)
Noun
enhanced interrogation technique (plural enhanced interrogation techniques)
- (euphemistic) torture used to elicit answers in an interrogation
Synonyms
- EIT (abbreviation)
Hypernyms
- torture
Derived terms
- EIT (abbreviation)