Interrogate
verb
Ask someone many questions in a formal way.
The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.
Often appears as...
- interrogate a suspect
- interrogate a witness
verb
To examine or analyze something.
Scientists interrogated the data to find a pattern.
Often appears as...
- interrogate the data
- interrogate the results
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Approving
Technical
verb
To question a computer or electronic device in order to get information.
The system interrogates the database for the required information.
Often appears as...
- interrogate the database
- interrogate the system
Usage tips
Technical
verb
Ask someone many questions in a formal way.
The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.
Often appears as...
- interrogate a suspect
- interrogate a witness
verb
To examine or analyze something.
Scientists interrogated the data to find a pattern.
Often appears as...
- interrogate the data
- interrogate the results
Usage tips
Approving
Technical
verb
To question a computer or electronic device in order to get information.
The system interrogates the database for the required information.
Often appears as...
- interrogate the database
- interrogate the system
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in official settings like police interviews or legal investigations, suggesting a serious tone.
The investigator will interrogate the witness tomorrow morning.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Questioning
Implies intense or thorough questioning, more than just a casual conversation or inquiry.
Journalists waited eagerly to interrogate the politician about the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Possible Discomfort
May suggest the person being questioned could feel under pressure or discomfort.
The suspect appeared nervous as they were interrogated by detectives.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in official settings like police interviews or legal investigations, suggesting a serious tone.
The investigator will interrogate the witness tomorrow morning.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Questioning
Implies intense or thorough questioning, more than just a casual conversation or inquiry.
Journalists waited eagerly to interrogate the politician about the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Possible Discomfort
May suggest the person being questioned could feel under pressure or discomfort.
The suspect appeared nervous as they were interrogated by detectives.
Pro Tip 1/3Formal Context
Used in official settings like police interviews or legal investigations, suggesting a serious tone.
The investigator will interrogate the witness tomorrow morning.
Pro Tip 2/3Intense Questioning
Implies intense or thorough questioning, more than just a casual conversation or inquiry.
Journalists waited eagerly to interrogate the politician about the scandal.
Pro Tip 3/3Possible Discomfort
May suggest the person being questioned could feel under pressure or discomfort.
The suspect appeared nervous as they were interrogated by detectives.
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Why teens confess to...
and how they can play out in a high-stakes interrogation. In one national survey of police officers, 75 percent of them actually requested specialized training in how to talk to children and adolescents -- most of them had had none. We also need to consider having special protections in place for juveniles.
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Launching a Food...
important that we talk about this stuff guys if we want progress we need to interrogate ourselves so apart from being banned from every single school in this district over a thousand schools aren't banned from right I've been working in fast food I'll be running a drive-through to tell that story I've
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The Impact of Keeping...
which is easy to interrogate accessibility to that full dataset, would allow us to focus our attention on species, which we think might be more vulnerable to collection. Could it not be the case that maybe one of those species is becoming endangered and it's just not being tracked properly?
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How art can help you...
to address the seeming inconsistencies. Scrutinizing the details of an unfamiliar scene, in this case the work of art, and accurately conveying any observable contradictions is a critically important skill for both people who look at x-rays and those who interrogate suspects.
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A queer vision of love...
and recommit to ourselves, to each other and to our marriage. And that really yielded some of the most passionate parts of what we share with you here today. I have had to interrogate masculinity, which I think doesn't happen enough. I've had to interrogate masculinity;
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The era of blind faith...
how can we expect the algorithms to emerge unscathed? We can't. We have to check them. We have to check them for fairness. The good news is, we can check them for fairness. Algorithms can be interrogated, and they will tell us the truth every time.
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What a planet needs to...
and knowing that there are other worlds out there and desperately wanting to know more about them, wanting to interrogate them and find out if maybe just one or two of them are a little bit like you. You can't do that. You can't go there, not yet.
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A radical plan to end...
And so once you're in there, you can interrogate them. And I've been to most of the oil and gas and fast-moving consumer good companies in the world, and there is a real will to change. I mean, there's a couple of dinosaurs
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To solve old problems,...
But this emphasis today on forcing biological research to specialize and to produce practical outcomes is actually restricting our ability to interrogate life
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Interrogation or Child...
the interrogation of suspects is critical to any criminal investigation a suspect might lie or tell the truth they may be innocent or guilty interrogation
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Why teens confess to...
and how they can play out in a high-stakes interrogation. In one national survey of police officers, 75 percent of them actually requested specialized training in how to talk to children and adolescents -- most of them had had none. We also need to consider having special protections in place for juveniles.
Video examples
Launching a Food...
important that we talk about this stuff guys if we want progress we need to interrogate ourselves so apart from being banned from every single school in this district over a thousand schools aren't banned from right I've been working in fast food I'll be running a drive-through to tell that story I've
Video examples
The Impact of Keeping...
which is easy to interrogate accessibility to that full dataset, would allow us to focus our attention on species, which we think might be more vulnerable to collection. Could it not be the case that maybe one of those species is becoming endangered and it's just not being tracked properly?
Video examples
How art can help you...
to address the seeming inconsistencies. Scrutinizing the details of an unfamiliar scene, in this case the work of art, and accurately conveying any observable contradictions is a critically important skill for both people who look at x-rays and those who interrogate suspects.
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
and recommit to ourselves, to each other and to our marriage. And that really yielded some of the most passionate parts of what we share with you here today. I have had to interrogate masculinity, which I think doesn't happen enough. I've had to interrogate masculinity;
Video examples
The era of blind faith...
how can we expect the algorithms to emerge unscathed? We can't. We have to check them. We have to check them for fairness. The good news is, we can check them for fairness. Algorithms can be interrogated, and they will tell us the truth every time.
Video examples
What a planet needs to...
and knowing that there are other worlds out there and desperately wanting to know more about them, wanting to interrogate them and find out if maybe just one or two of them are a little bit like you. You can't do that. You can't go there, not yet.
Video examples
A radical plan to end...
And so once you're in there, you can interrogate them. And I've been to most of the oil and gas and fast-moving consumer good companies in the world, and there is a real will to change. I mean, there's a couple of dinosaurs
Video examples
To solve old problems,...
But this emphasis today on forcing biological research to specialize and to produce practical outcomes is actually restricting our ability to interrogate life
Video examples
Interrogation or Child...
the interrogation of suspects is critical to any criminal investigation a suspect might lie or tell the truth they may be innocent or guilty interrogation
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable.
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Ramy Youssef
American Comedian
I actually want to hold on to where I came from, and also I want to be at this bar in Brooklyn, even if I'm not drinking at all. What does that tension look like? It's less an attack on the parents and more an interrogation of personal guilt, personal responsibility. That's my internal dialogue.
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Gary Bauer
American Public Servant
Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
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Noreena Hertz
English Author
Most of us are going through life without interrogating whether our decision-making processes are fit for purpose. And that's something we need to change - especially when the stakes are high and the decisions are of real import.
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Jane Mayer
American Journalist
And I think that what is of concern is that they seem to be bringing skills from the scientific world into the interrogation room in a way that begs a lot of questions about whether it's ethical.
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Yance Ford
American Director
It's important that people understand that 'Strong Island' is just as much about this claim of reasonable fear and our need to interrogate reasonable fear as it is about my family's grief.
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Abi Morgan
Welsh Playwright
If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.
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Jerrold Nadler
American Politician
While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.
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Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow one. And so it's worth interrogating every time we do it.
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Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
Students should learn about the long-standing values of truth, beauty, and goodness, think hard about them, and interrogate them skillfully.
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Ta-Nehisi Coates
American Journalist
I feel some need to represent where I'm from. But ultimately, I think my only real responsibility is to - as much as possible - interrogate my own truths. This is to say not merely writing what I think is true, but using the writing to turn that alleged truth over and over, to stress-test it, in the aim of producing something readable.
Quote examples
Ramy Youssef
American Comedian
I actually want to hold on to where I came from, and also I want to be at this bar in Brooklyn, even if I'm not drinking at all. What does that tension look like? It's less an attack on the parents and more an interrogation of personal guilt, personal responsibility. That's my internal dialogue.
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Gary Bauer
American Public Servant
Enhanced interrogation is not to be considered lightly, but the use of enhanced interrogation techniques does not require moral people to abandon their beliefs. Rather, it is precisely during these difficult times that one's beliefs about life, justice and mercy become indispensible.
Quote examples
Noreena Hertz
English Author
Most of us are going through life without interrogating whether our decision-making processes are fit for purpose. And that's something we need to change - especially when the stakes are high and the decisions are of real import.
Quote examples
Jane Mayer
American Journalist
And I think that what is of concern is that they seem to be bringing skills from the scientific world into the interrogation room in a way that begs a lot of questions about whether it's ethical.
Quote examples
Yance Ford
American Director
It's important that people understand that 'Strong Island' is just as much about this claim of reasonable fear and our need to interrogate reasonable fear as it is about my family's grief.
Quote examples
Abi Morgan
Welsh Playwright
If you're dealing with a powerful leader, you're inevitably going to have a dialogue with her political past. It was always my intention to interrogate Thatcher's political life.
Quote examples
Jerrold Nadler
American Politician
While the notion that torture works has been glorified in television shows and movies, the simple truth is this: torture has never been an effective interrogation method.
Quote examples
Hope Jahren
American Scientist
The world breaks a little bit every time we cut down a tree. It's so much easier to cut one down than to grow one. And so it's worth interrogating every time we do it.
Quote examples
Howard Gardner
American Psychologist
Students should learn about the long-standing values of truth, beauty, and goodness, think hard about them, and interrogate them skillfully.
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