Zài / nà / ge / nián / dài / chī / lüè / bèi / yì / xiē / guān / yuán / dāng / zuò / shěn / xùn / shǒu / duàn

在那个年代，笞掠被一些官员当作审讯手段。

In that era, some officials used flogging as a method of interrogation.