interrogateverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪt/us/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪt/to ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats or violence:
Thousands of dissidents have been interrogated or imprisoned in recent weeks.
specialized computing to get information from a computer
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Questioning people & asking questions in general
- beat
- bombard
- canvass
- cross-question
- debrief
- desk research
- enquiry
- feel sb/sth out
- interview
- interviewee
- opinion poll
- pin
- Q, q
- questioner
- questioning
- roll call
- third
- tie sb down
- what do you have to say for yourself? idiom
- worm
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interrogation
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪnˌter.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌter.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
One by one they were taken for interrogation.
She was subjected to torture and lengthy interrogations.
interrogator
noun [ C ] uk/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪ.tər/us/ɪnˈter.ə.ɡeɪ.t̬ɚ/
a person who interrogates someone