Infliction of suffering to procure information (7)

I believe the answer is:

torture

(Other definitions for torture that I've seen before include "Rack" , "Inflict pain to extract information" , "Unbearable pain" , "Infliction of great suffering" , "Agony or suffering" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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