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interrogate

[in-ter-uh-geyt]

verb (used with object)

to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.

to examine by questions; question formally: The police captain interrogated the suspect.

verb (used without object)

to ask questions, especially formally or officially: the right to interrogate.

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Origin:
1475–85; < Latin interrogātus past participle of interrogāre to question, examine, equivalent to inter- inter- + rogā(re) to ask + -tus past participle suffix

Related forms

in·ter·ro·ga·ble

[in-ter-uh-guh-buhl] , adjective

in·ter·ro·gat·ing·ly, adverb

in·ter·ro·gee

[in-ter-uh-gee] , noun

re·in·ter·ro·gate, verb, -gat·ed, -gat·ing.

un·in·ter·ro·ga·ble, adjective

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un·in·ter·ro·gat·ed, adjective

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Synonyms
1. query.

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Example Sentences

At one time he ordered the defense to interrogate veniremen in groups.

We learn to interrogate arguments and to criticize the work of those who have explored a body of research before us.

How the hell do you interrogate a religious neo-fascist who would proudly die for his beliefs.

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At one time he ordered the defense to interrogate veniremen in groups.

We learn to interrogate arguments and to criticize the work of those who have explored a body of research before us.

How the hell do you interrogate a religious neo-fascist who would proudly die for his beliefs.

He began to alternately yell at and interrogate the driver.

Yes, you travel to new locations, then interrogate suspects.

In some ways, perhaps, it is best not to interrogate a legend too closely.

Police can also continue to interrogate suspects during that time.

Concerned citizens interrogate their representatives on the issues of the day, every day.

The police used information from the computers to track down and interrogate some of the group's supporters.

Likewise, they can interrogate a suspect, but not beat him with rubber hoses.

In some cases, the police also interrogate people who work with the woman.

There is a certain drudgery to trying to interrogate the unwilling, and that accounts for these hearings' dullness.

The aim in using ethics to interrogate history is to help understand a side of human nature often left in darkness.

Mehlis may also interrogate much higher-level officials.

He was needed at the station house to interrogate a murder suspect.

The intelligence agency wants the freedom to interrogate suspects in the absence of police and lawyers.

Naval crews must stop and interrogate a lot of innocent.

The rhetoric of sentimentalism is used by people who are not willing to interrogate the reasons for what they.

Like the grad unionists, campus occupiers interrogate universities in a number of ways.

And this is why judges should always interrogate their intuitions and question that inner lawyer.

Anwar's trial have detailed techniques used to interrogate witnesses and have openly said that they do not.

The movie's later scenes are mostly flashbacks as they interrogate one another and pour out life histories.

Bush seems equally determined to win provisions he says are needed to interrogate and prosecute terrorism suspects.

Haider, they told her they were only going to interrogate him for a few hours and bring him back, she said.

Bush's administration to interrogate suspects under a.

Thad was counting on the fact that neither of the guards would be eager to step out into the rain to interrogate him.

Simpson rather than to interrogate him as a suspect.

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World English Dictionary

interrogate (ɪnˈtɛrəˌɡeɪt)

—vb
	to ask questions (of), esp to question (a witness in court, spy, etc) closely

[C15: from Latin interrogāre to question, examine, from rogāre to ask]

in'terrogatingly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

interrogate

late 15c., a back formation from interrogation.

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