interrogate
Demand answers from
To interrogate is to question someone formally and intensively, typically to extract information.
Police interrogate suspects; intelligence officers interrogate prisoners.
The word implies pressure and persistence beyond casual questioning: They interrogated him for hours about his whereabouts.
More loosely, to interrogate an idea or assumption is to examine it critically: The essay interrogates conventional notions of gender.
Professional crime investigator
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- witnessOne who attests
- crimePunishable illegal act
forensics · case · custody · confession · alibi · deposition · testimony · sworn
Request for information
- cross-examineQuestion opposing witness
- interviewFormal questioning session
- probeThorough examination or tool
- queryRequest for information
ask · inquire · grill · debrief · depose · catechize · examine · quiz
Force upon contact
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- coerceObtain by intimidation
- intimidateInstill fear to control
- threatenPromise harm or punishment
waterboard · harsh · aggressive · relentless · forceful · extract · compel · browbeat
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
- evaluateDetermine value or quality
assess · critique · dissect · deconstruct · challenge · question · review · inspect
Test of ability
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- problematizeChallenge as assumption
- subvertSecretly weaken authority
expose · unmask · destabilize · discourse · ideology · narrative · assumptions · power
detective
Professional crime investigator
crime · forensics · case · custody · confession · alibi · deposition · testimony · sworn · statement
question
Request for information
- cross-examineQuestion opposing witness
- interviewFormal questioning session
- probeThorough examination or tool
query · ask · inquire · grill · debrief · depose · catechize · examine · quiz · press
pressure
Force upon contact
- tortureDeliberate infliction of suffering
- coerceObtain by intimidation
- intimidateInstill fear to control
threaten · waterboard · harsh · aggressive · relentless · forceful · extract · compel · browbeat · badger
examine
Study with attention
- analyzeStudy by breaking down
- probeThorough examination or tool
- scrutinizeInspect with close attention
evaluate · assess · critique · dissect · deconstruct · challenge · question · review · inspect · study
challenge
Test of ability
- deconstructAnalyze by breaking down
- critiqueDetailed evaluative analysis
- problematizeChallenge as assumption
subvert · expose · unmask · destabilize · discourse · ideology · narrative · assumptions · power · hegemony
- investigatinginvestigate, examine, inspect, probe, search
- question or challengedoubt, question, challenge, dispute, contest
- warfarebattle, combat, attack, war, armed conflict
- "Inter-" wordsinterstate, international, internet, interview, interact
- detectiondetect, discover, find, identify, locate
- examineexamine, analyze, assess, evaluate, inspect
- interrogation roomsSpaces for formal questioning
- police interrogationOfficial suspect questioning
- enhanced interrogationEuphemism for abusive questioning
- interrogation techniquesProcedures for eliciting information
- interrogation methodsTechniques for extracting information
- suspect interrogationFormal police interview of accused
interrogation, interrogator, interrogative, interrogating, interrogated, interrogatory, interrogates, interrogatively, interrogations