Sadism Definition:

Delight in physical or mental cruelty.

In Diaz, Justice Fagg of the United States Court of Appeals wrote:

"We have defined the term sadism as the infliction of pain on a love object to obtain sexual release, and as delight in physical or mental cruelty."

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