interrogate.
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
Meaning & usage
To question or quiz, especially in a thorough or aggressive manner.
The police interrogated the suspect at some length before they let him go.
To query (something); to request information from (something).
to interrogate a database
To examine (something) critically.
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin interrogātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin interrogō (“to inquire, interrogate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
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