"gégène" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 197",
          "text": "It was a view that would not necessarily be shared by Algerians subjected to the gégène or having had their bellies pumped full of water during the Battle of Algiers.",
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          "text": "The politicians were helpless. Paras used the gégène no matter how much politicians condemned it.",
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          "ref": "2011, Vincent Crapanzano, The Harkis, page 68",
          "text": "Refusing to answer questions about the political affiliations of various villagers, he was subjected to the gégène.",
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        "A form of electroshock torture, especially as used by the French during the Algerian War of 1954-1962, whereby electrodes are run from a field generator to parts of a victim's body."
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        "(chiefly historical) A form of electroshock torture, especially as used by the French during the Algerian War of 1954-1962, whereby electrodes are run from a field generator to parts of a victim's body."
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