interrogator

[ in-ter-uh-gey-ter ]

noun

1. a person who interrogates.
2. Also called challenger. Radio. a transmitter that emits a signal to trigger a transponder.

Word History and Origins

Origin of interrogator¹

1745–55; < Late Latin interrogātor; interrogate, -tor

Example Sentences

You don’t feel your body shake as your muscles rebel against the squatting position they forced you into, and this makes the interrogators furious and weaker, even if they don’t know it.

From The Daily Beast

They say yes when interrogators ask if a brother is al Qaeda.

From The Daily Beast

Your interrogators are so happy, they eat it all up, greedy for more.

From The Daily Beast

Later, interrogators would conclude he knew nothing about al-Qaida’s plans.

From ProPublica

He told of how his interrogators used dogs to frighten and harass him, and how, during one session, he was forced to lie naked and blindfolded while his captors ran an object across his back and told him it was a snake.

From Washington Post

He was formally certified as a CIA interrogator only in April 2003.

From The Daily Beast

Maziar was thrown in jail and brutalized for months by an interrogator who reeked of rosewater cologne.

From The Daily Beast

Interrogator: Would you say Mr. Pickwick reminded you of Christmas?

From The Daily Beast

The interrogator was a heavyset man in a civilian suit, green jacket and pants.

From The Daily Beast

Wardens and guards with names like Interrogator Wu and Officer Gong deprived the prisoners they hated of meat.

From The Daily Beast

This acknowledgment, which might pass for the despairing cry of an innocent man, made his interrogator stare.

From Project Gutenberg

Theron looked at his interrogator with a frown of disdain for his foppery.

From Project Gutenberg

"Billy Mathews, sir," said the other, with difficulty restraining a smile at the dilapidated look of his interrogator.

From Project Gutenberg

The young man looked at his strange interrogator with some astonishment at her evident agitation.

From Project Gutenberg

Upon the bank question, too, he left his interrogator in no doubt.

From Project Gutenberg

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