interrogate
verb (used with object)
to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
interrogated
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past participleof interrogate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof interrogate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
interrogateverb (used with object)to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
Example Sentences
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Pujo’s counsel, Samuel Untermyer, interrogated Morgan relentlessly, forcing the banker into transparently false denials.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
He was interrogated alongside his running mate in the presence of their lawyers, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
It interrogated the criteria of credibility themselves—what makes a teaching trustworthy, what makes a source authoritative, what distinguishes faithful transmission from motivated distortion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
Nothing of this nature was found, but Katya was nevertheless interrogated by law enforcement.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
In January 1919, after the police detained Middleton and his companion, the private detective interrogated them.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
