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interrogation

[in-ter-uh-gey-shuhn]

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noun

the act of interrogating; questioning.

an instance of being interrogated: He seemed shaken after his interrogation.

a question; inquiry.

a written list of questions.

an interrogation point; question mark.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English interrogacio(u)n < Latin interrogātiōn- (stem of interrogātiō). See interrogate, -ion

Related forms

in·ter·ro·ga·tion·al, adjective

re·in·ter·ro·ga·tion, noun

self-in·ter·ro·ga·tion, noun

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Depositions are the closest thing to an interrogation that is legal.

There they took my phone and camera, denied me access to water or a toilet during a day and a night of interrogation.

The denials came in rapid fire, and once the interrogation was well underway it was clear that none of us seemed to have done it.

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Depositions are the closest thing to an interrogation that is legal.

There they took my phone and camera, denied me access to water or a toilet during a day and a night of interrogation.

The denials came in rapid fire, and once the interrogation was well underway it was clear that none of us seemed to have done it.

The real meat of the gameplay is the investigation and interrogation.

Under the influence, he almost turned the interview into an interrogation plus a lecture, judging by his tone and manner.

Others say it was hastened by hours of intensive interrogation.

Brain fingerprinting test, known in this country as brain mapping, is another procedure of scientific interrogation.

But what doeswell, you learn everything you need to know, including interrogation and contextualization.

He is said to frown on torture as a method of interrogation.

He was a big, genial man who nearly buckled the white plastic chairs in the interrogation rooms.

They're not observing the rule of law in any interrogation.

All it means is out of the ordinary, not necessarily covert and to a secret place for interrogation.

He was allowed to do press-ups in the interrogation centre, however.

He also insisted that it was reasonable to use beatings as an aid to interrogation.

It has been a year since torture was outlawed and our interrogation policy continues to be both inhumane and counterproductive.

In those under interrogation it can lead to confession.

The provision could permit military prosecutors to avoid airing the details of brutal interrogation techniques.

It's far better than an interrogation about the candidate's personal life.

But the spotlight has begun to shine on the practices of police interrogation as well as on the court's presumption of guilt.

Abdulmutallab has been at the interrogation sessions, the official said.

Canadian customs hauled me over as a suspicious character and kept me locked up in an interrogation room for several hours.

Kiriakou and other sources heightened the public perception of waterboarding as an effective interrogation technique.

Two hearings foreshadowed a fight over the definition of coercive interrogation tactics for terror suspects.

People who talk tough in public often submit in interrogation.

Legal and national security experts react to the release of secret memos approving harsh interrogation techniques.

If torture yields such unfailingly useless information, then why have intelligence and interrogation agencies.

Airports should start planning to build bigger interrogation rooms.

He is in line for years of interrogation and the suspicion won't go away.

His treatment is unjust, they say, because he is facing harsh interrogation.

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interrogation (ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃən)

—n
1.	the technique, practice, or an instance of interrogating
2.	a question or query
3.	telecomm the transmission of one or more triggering pulses to a transponder

interro'gational

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

interrogation

late 14c., "a questioning," from O.Fr. interrogation (13c.), from L. interrogationem (nom. interrogatio) "a question, questioning," from interrogatus, pp. of interrogare, from inter- "between" + rogare "ask, to question" (see rogation).

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