black diet

noun

1. deprivation of all food and water as a punishment, often leading to death.

Example Sentences

Thousands died at the Camp Boiro prison in the center of town, many deliberately starved to death under what the authorities called the “black diet,” or tortured in the “technical chamber.”

From New York Times

Many were sent to detention camps, where some prisoners were locked in cells that were too small to allow them to stand up or lie down and were put on the infamous "black diet," completely deprived of food or water.

From Time Magazine Archive