From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinterrogatein‧ter‧ro‧gate /ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] ASK A QUESTIONto ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats SYN question The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.► see thesaurus at ask —interrogator noun [countable] He refused to tell his interrogators anything.→ See Verb table
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interrogate• I was interrogated at length about my conversation with the two men.• Army officers have been accused of using unorthodox methods when interrogating enemy prisoners.• During the war, he interrogated more than 150 prisoners of war.• The police interrogated Waters for 24 hours until he confessed.Origin interrogate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of interrogare, from rogare “to ask” 