interrogate
verb
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 2 Sep. 2024
That would be too obvious and predictable, and also would raise the question of whether British novelists with interests in interrogating the soul of their nation may still be drafting off the method and model of a legendary forebear more than 150 years dead.
—Randy Boyagoda, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
David Lynch, 2001) Many filmmakers have interrogated the dream factory that employs them, but only David Lynch understands that to capture its insidious beauty requires rendering it a dream itself, in all of its prismatic glory.
—Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
The 15-year-old, who was interrogated, had been asked by the main suspect about ignition mechanisms, Haijawi-Pirchner said.
—Felix Franz, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2024
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“Interrogate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interrogate. Accessed 17 Sep. 2024.
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interrogate
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interrogate
transitive verb
Note: Under Rhode Island v. Innis, 446 U.S. 291 (1980), interrogating includes not just express questioning, but also any words or actions that the police should know are reasonably likely to elicit an incriminating response. Asking questions that are normally asked in the course of arrest or booking (such as questions about name or age) is not considered interrogation.
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