逼供 (bī gòng) — to extort a confession
Definition
A legal/legal-procedural term: to force or coerce a suspect into confessing, usually by pressure, threats, or torture. The example sentence shows it used as a content word (e.g., 逼供手段 'methods of forced confession').
verb
to extort a confession
Examples
- 逼供。Jǐng fāng bù néng shǐ yòng bī gòng shǒu duàn.The police cannot use methods of forcing a confession.
- ，。Tā men bī le jǐ cì gòng, fàn rén zhōng yú chéng rèn le.They extorted a confession several times, and the prisoner finally admitted it.
- 逼供。Fǎ lǜ míng què jìn zhǐ bī gòng.The law explicitly forbids extorting confessions.
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