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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Once in El Salvador, the crewmen of the Don Maca say they were interrogated, denied they were traffickers, and, eventually, were allowed to contact their families and leave for home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 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
He said they drove him to an empty field and interrogated him before his friends published the alleged attackers' names on social media, at which point the men dropped him on a nearby street.
From Barron's ● May 21, 2026
Nothing of this nature was found, but Katya was nevertheless interrogated by law enforcement.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
She had a voracious mind, and while I sewed, she interrogated me about my studies.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
