police questioning
Official suspect interview
Police questioning is the formal interview of a person by law enforcement officers, typically as part of a criminal investigation.
It ranges from casual conversation to structured interrogation: She was taken in for police questioning.
The phrase often implies the person is under suspicion, though witnesses and victims also undergo police questioning.
- interrogationFormal, probing examination
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- person of interestIndividual warranting investigation
- detectiveProfessional crime investigator
- under arrestHeld by authorities
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- interrogation rightsMiranda rights, Miranda warning, right to silence, right to counsel, self-incrimination
police questioningcasual chat
small talk · idle chatter · shooting the breeze · heart-to-heart · chitchat
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