verb
- questioned formally and systematically, especially by police or other authorities
Usage: past tense and past participle of interrogate
Examples
- The suspect was interrogated for three hours at the police station.
- Witnesses were interrogated about what they saw that night.
- The prisoner of war was interrogated by enemy officers.
- She felt like she was being interrogated by her parents about her whereabouts.
- The detective interrogated each person who had access to the building.
- He was interrogated under oath during the trial.
- The journalist interrogated the politician about the scandal.