interrogation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of questioning someone closely, often by police.

   The suspect remained silent throughout the long interrogation.

2. 2
   noun

   A question or an instance of asking for information.

   Her sharp interrogation left him with no easy answer.

From Middle English interrogacion, from Old French interrogacion, from Latin interrogātiō, from interrogō, from inter- (“between; among”) + rogō (“to ask; to request”). Equivalent to inter- + rogation or interrogate + -ion.

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