To inflict brutal and unlawful torture, often involving hanging, flogging, or other severe physical abuse, typically to extort a confession.
为了逼迫他承认莫须有的罪名，审讯者对他非刑吊拷，手段残忍。
To force him to confess to trumped-up charges, the interrogators brutally tortured him with cruel methods.
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