interrogation
/ɪnˌtɛrəˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n
/noun [mass noun]
The action of interrogating or the process of being interrogated: would he keep his mouth shut under interrogation? [count noun]: he had conducted hundreds of criminal interrogations...
- Prior interrogation allowed the witness to see what investigators suspected and prepare an explanation.
- I think you can use rough interrogation, you may be able to use trickery, questions.
- The man beside me told the guard I had just come from interrogation.
Synonyms
questioning, cross-questioning, cross-examination, quizzing, probing, inquisition, catechism;
investigation, interviewing, interview, debriefing
informal pumping, grilling, the third degree
Law examination
Derivatives
interrogational
- Many, however, will likely be deported, often to countries that don't offer protection from interrogational abuse.
- There is gratuitous torture, interrogational torture, judicial torture, vengeful torture, intimidational torture, torture as punishment and noble cause torture.
- At the same time the model does not completely bar the possibility that interrogational torture will be used by officials and later ratified by the public.
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