Interrogate Meaning
/ɪnˈtɛɹəɡeɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
verbTo query (something); to request information from (something).
Sentence Examples
He knows how to interrogate people.
Their job is to interrogate suspects.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police will ____ the suspect tomorrow to find out what happened.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police wanted to ____ the main suspect to find out where he was at the time of the bank robbery.
Word Origin & History
Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Griffin's approach allows her to reveal Billie Holiday's resilient strength of character and to interrogate the racism she endured, which was as tragic as her personal mistakes."
— 2015, Rita Kiki Edozie, Curtis Stokes, Malcolm X's Michigan Worldview: An Exemplar for Contemporary Black Studies, Michigan State University Press:
"Within the contemporary US context, the construct of childhood innocence is a powerful social myth that structures children’s social relations and culture and informs their rights and status in society. In this article, I interrogate the construct of childhood innocence to examine how it operates as an exclusionary form of social practice."
— 2019 February 1, J. C. Garden, “Interrogating innocence: “Childhood” as exclusionary social practice”, in Childhood, volume 26, number 1, page 54:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The police will ____ the suspect tomorrow to find out what happened.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The police wanted to ____ the main suspect to find out where he was at the time of the bank robbery.