enhanced interrogation technique

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Etymology

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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

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enhanced interrogation technique (plural enhanced interrogation techniques)

  1. (US, euphemistic, primarily plural) Torture.

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  • EIT (abbreviation)

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  • EIT (abbreviation)

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