粵

拷haau1打daa2

haau1 daa2haau2 daa2kǎo dǎ

English

  1. to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)
  2. to give sb the third degree
  3. to torture
  4. to torture someone by beating them

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 毆打作為刑罰，或者係逼供嘅手段

Examples

  • 警察冇權拷打疑犯。

    The police has no right to beat the suspects.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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