torture into

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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Biff	BIF	English (Rare)
Junior	['dʒu:njə]
Rathna	-	Tamil
Hananias	-	Biblical Greek
Hieu	-	Biblical Latin
Johanan	-	Biblical