- third degree, the
- ,third `degree, the nouna lot of questions that someone asks you in a very determined way:give someone the third degree: He gave me the third degree when I finally got home.
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third degree — /θɜd dəˈgri / (say therd duh gree) noun bullying or torture in questioning a person in order to extort information or a confession: to give someone the third degree. {origin unknown; perhaps from third degree, the highest rank in freemasonry,… …
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third degree — n: the grade given to the third most serious forms of crimes third–degree adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. third degree … Law dictionary
Third degree — can refer to: * In police interrogation, originally torture, later colloquially an intensive rough interrogation * The degree of Master Mason in Freemasonry, often written as 3° * In USA law, the least serious of the three classifications of… … Wikipedia
third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / … Dictionary of American idioms
third degree — {n. phr.} A method of severe grilling used to extract information from an arrested suspect. * / Why give me the third degree? he asked indignantly. All I did was come home late because I had a drink with my friends. / … Dictionary of American idioms
the third degree — informal : a long and intense period of questioning The police gave him the third degree. [=they questioned him intensely] He got the third degree. Mom gave me the third degree when I got home late. • • • Main Entry: ↑third degree … Useful english dictionary
(the) third degree — the third degree UK US noun a lot of questions that someone asks you in a very determined way give someone the third degree: He gave me the third degree when I finally got home. Thesaurus: questioning and types of questionssynonym … Useful english dictionary
third degree — intense interrogation by police, 1900, probably a reference to Third Degree of master mason in Freemasonry (1772), the conferring of which included an interrogation ceremony. Third degree as a measure of severity of burns (most severe) is… … Etymology dictionary
Third Degree — Album par Johnny Winter Sortie 1986 Enregistrement Streetville Recordings Studios, Chicago Durée 43:53 Genre Blues Rock, Blues … Wikipédia en Français
