someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
例句
Is there not a point where a doctor should hand Jack the Ripper over to the police and a lawyer refuse to suppress the bloodstained evidence that proves his client a torturer?难道医生就不应该将杀人者杰克(残害妇女的凶犯)送交警察，律师就不应该拒绝掩盖血迹斑斑的罪证，出来指证他的当事人是残害他人的凶手吗？
Torture always dehumanizes both the torturer and his victim.严刑拷打往往使施刑者和受刑者都丧失人性。
