拷打

Traditional form:

拷打

Pinyin (reading):

kǎodǎ

Definitions:

• to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions)
• to give sb the third degree
• to torture

Characters:

• 拷 - to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike

Traditional characters:

• 拷 - to torture, to interrogate; to beat, to flog
• 打 - to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike