Definition of interrogator
1 : one that interrogates
2 : a radio transmitter and receiver for sending out a signal that triggers a transponder and for receiving and displaying the reply
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The defense contended that the intelligence interrogators deliberately molded Khweis’ answers into something that could be exploited by the clean team.
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Slipping questions and flicking the verbal jab to keep reporters off him, Quinto used the old Freudian trick of turning any questions asked to him back on the interrogator.
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