Term: judicial torture: torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials
Candidate hypernym: torture: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason → 1
Candidate hypernym: merchandise: commodities offered for sale → 0
Candidate hypernym: whittler: someone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) → 0
Candidate hypernym: king mackerel: large mackerel with long pointed snout; important food and game fish of the eastern Atlantic coast southward to Brazil → 0
Candidate hypernym: white broom: low European broom having trifoliate leaves and yellowish-white flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: groundcover: small plants other than saplings growing on a forest floor → 0
Candidate hypernym: electric main: a main that distributes electricity → 0
Candidate hypernym: stuffed tomato: tomato cases filled with various mixtures and baked briefly → 0
Candidate hypernym: coast live oak: highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves → 0
Candidate hypernym: dilutant: a diluting agent → 0
Candidate hypernym: tradition: an inherited pattern of thought or action → 0