torture into

torture (one) into (doing something)

To force, compel, or coerce one into doing something through the use of torture techniques. It has come to light that the corrupt police officer had tortured dozens of criminals into giving information that led to the capture of the mob boss. The autocracy has begun torturing its citizens into complying with its authoritarian methods.
See also: torture
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

torture someone into something

to force someone to do something through the use of torture. (More severe than torment someone into something.) The agents threatened to torture me into telling the secrets, so I gave in immediately, of course. Max tried to torture the old prospector into telling where the gold was hidden.
See also: torture
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • torture
  • torture (one) into (doing something)
  • compel
  • compel (someone) to (do something)
  • compel to do
  • sandbag
  • persuade (one) to (do something)
  • persuade to do
  • terrorize
  • terrorize (one) into (something)
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In particular, he supported transferring of torture into category of serious offenses, increasing of penalties for torture and the inadmissibility of using tortures by courts.
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There is more to this issue, however, than whether or not the United States can fit torture into its national security scheme without offending its Constitution or its treaties.
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Moreover, Bale claims that "Christ hath suffered in her." Thus Bale transforms Askew's torture into an assault against Christ himself, which intensifies his claims that the Henrician authorities are instruments of the devil.
Translating (Anne) Askew: The Textual Remains of a Sixteenth-Century Heretic and Saint [*]