Torture
Wrong
Wrong verb - Treat unjustly; do wrong to.
How words are described
| old | old torture | old wrong |
| good | good torture | good wrong |
| plain | plain torture | plain wrong |
| actual | actual torture | actual wrong |
| Other adjectives: real, little, subtle, repeated, general. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- In other instances, torture is shown to be ineffective because the victim just doesn't know anything - or because the torturers ask the wrong questions.
Source: Torture Is Ineffective - The possibility of having the wrong person, who will say anything under torture whether they know anything or not, will be excluded.
Source: Torture Always Works - The Shop regularly kidnaps and forcibly indoctrinates US citizens through torture, is not above purging any witnesses who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time, and makes a point of isolating its espers from one another.
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