interrogator
noun
in·ter·ro·ga·tor
in-ˈter-ə-ˌgā-tər 
-ˈte-rə-
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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Margarita Simonyan, the editor-in-chief of Russian state propaganda network RT, approvingly posted a video on the Russian social network VK that appeared to show a suspect in the Crocus City attack quaking while being questioned by interrogators.
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Nathan Hodge, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
One was brought into court with a bandage over his ear — the result, according to a video released by Russia's security services, of an interrogator severing it with a knife.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
One would-be witness, the C.I.A.’s chief interrogator in its black site prison network, died before the men were charged.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
So, say a rock hits the track 20 miles away from the interrogator.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
If an interrogator blindly connected to a machine and a human can’t tell the difference based on their answers, then the machine can think.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
His former interrogator, Koubi, predicted that the leader of Hamas in the densely populated Gaza Strip will go down fighting if he's located.
—Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023
In the past, a person of interest might be told false information with little evidence to support the claims other than the words of the interrogator.
—Joy Buolamwini, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
His chief interrogator then grabbed a rubber hose and whipped his hands.
—Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
Nathan Hodge, CNN, 25 Mar. 2024
One was brought into court with a bandage over his ear — the result, according to a video released by Russia's security services, of an interrogator severing it with a knife.
—Charles Maynes, NPR, 25 Mar. 2024
One would-be witness, the C.I.A.’s chief interrogator in its black site prison network, died before the men were charged.
—Carol Rosenberg, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
So, say a rock hits the track 20 miles away from the interrogator.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 31 Jan. 2024
If an interrogator blindly connected to a machine and a human can’t tell the difference based on their answers, then the machine can think.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2024
His former interrogator, Koubi, predicted that the leader of Hamas in the densely populated Gaza Strip will go down fighting if he's located.
—Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2023
In the past, a person of interest might be told false information with little evidence to support the claims other than the words of the interrogator.
—Joy Buolamwini, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
His chief interrogator then grabbed a rubber hose and whipped his hands.
—Ian Shapira, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
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First Known Use
1751, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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