interrogate
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishinterrogatein‧ter‧ro‧gate /ɪnˈterəɡeɪt/ verb [transitive] ASK A QUESTIONto ask someone a lot of questions for a long time in order to get information, sometimes using threats SYN question The police interrogated the suspect for several hours.► see thesaurus at ask —interrogator noun [countable] He refused to tell his interrogators anything.→ See Verb tableOrigin interrogate (1400-1500) Latin past participle of interrogare, from rogare “to ask”