Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enhanced interrogation technique

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.41 in modern English

Syllables: en-hanced in-ter-ro-ga-tion tech-nique
IPA

51

Scrabble Score

30

Letters

7

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Torture performed at detainees by the US Armed Forces.

American usage

Etymology

Coined the George W. Bush administration, with the antecedent German verschärfte Vernehmung (“enhanced interrogation”). Compare enhanced interrogation.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

enhanced interrogation techniques (plural) EIT (abbreviation)

Derived Forms

EIT

Questions

What does enhanced interrogation technique mean?: Torture performed at detainees by the US Armed Forces.
Where does enhanced interrogation technique come from?: Coined the George W. Bush administration, with the antecedent German verschärfte Vernehmung (“enhanced interrogation”). Compare enhanced interrogation.

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