Term: judicial torture: torture that is sanctioned by the state and executed by duly accredited officials
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: strainer: a filter to retain larger pieces while smaller pieces and liquids pass through
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: amphibrach: a metrical unit with unstressed-stressed-unstressed syllables (e.g., `remember')
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: decree nisi: a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; becomes absolute at some later date
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: planula: the flat ciliated free-swimming larva of hydrozoan coelenterates
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: active agent: chemical agent capable of activity
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: gopher snake: bull snake of western North America that invades rodent burrows
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: eyeglass wearer: a person who wears spectacles in order to see better
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: reynard: a conventional name for a fox used in tales following usage in the old epic `Reynard the Fox'
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: renal artery: an artery originating from the abdominal aorta and supplying the kidneys and adrenal glands and ureters
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: genus salpa: type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae