물고문

mulgomun
Noun

Definitions

water torture
Torture in which a person's head is submerged in water or water is poured in the mouth in order to coerce the subject into divulging information.
자백을 받아 내기 위해 물속에 얼굴을 넣거나 입과 코에 물을 붓는 고문.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.