to interrogate
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6.5
- verb
- /ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt/
- Formal
:
interrogar
- The detective needed to interrogate the suspect to find the truth.
- interrogate prisoners
- arrest and interrogate
- interrogate assumptions
Here you are being interrogated by the police.
- Here you are being interrogated by the police.
- So I'll do an example of a cop interrogating a, a suspect.
- So after six weeks, Ali began to interrogate him.
- The torturers often usually isolate their prisoners before they begin interrogating them because then they respond.
- And so I get to the Ranger station and that Ranger says I need you to interrogate him.
- And that he was roughed up and interrogated, you know, very brutally or words to that effect.
- I mean, when I say interrogated me, my God.
- It goes all the way across the line when you're actually interrogating someone.
- The only caveat, the only caveat is if you are interrogating this man.
- I would throw myself into a hole being interrogated like that.
- Everyone was like hard work to them put your bastard getting interrogated.
Examples
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William heard him out and then interrogated him with several pointed questions.
Academic text (2008) -
You really think she needs to be interrogated right now?
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What does he want, to interrogate me?
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I will like to interrogate her.
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And then you two, you will interrogate the guards.
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Here you are being interrogated by the police.
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You've come to interrogate me.
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Now you were taken to the police station and you were interrogated for countless hours.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Charles North was interrogated for the second time by Vincent D'Ambrosio.
Fiction book (1991) -
In Paris on 21 November 1943, Lilli was arrested by Vichy French police and interrogated over several weeks.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
862
2.7
Ask someone questions to get information, for example for a job
570
1.0
To ask someone questions to get information
59
4.9
To question someone firmly to get information
53
3.1
To ask someone many questions in a formal way to find out facts
35
5.1
To ask careful questions to find hidden information
28
7.2
To question a witness in court after the other side asks them
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7.5
To question a witness closely in court after the other side questions them
Formally question a government official about their policies or actions
How Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Interrogate comes from the Latin parts inter- 'between' and rogare 'to ask'. It brings the idea of asking back and forth in a formal way, so to interrogate someone is to question them closely and officially.