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interrogator

[in-ter-uh-gey-ter] / ɪnˈtɛr əˌgeɪ tər /
NOUN
inquisitor
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With this method, a device called an interrogator shoots laser pulses down the length of a cable, and some of the light bounces back.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

"I made a mistake," he says, his voice trembling as an unseen interrogator presses him about the deaths of members of Iran's security forces.

From Barron's • Jan. 26, 2026

“I told my interrogator, ‘Look, you are questioning me now.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

Yet in scenes she described as "horrific but humanising", prisoners rushed to help injured guards, calming a panicked female officer and bandaging the wounds of a crying interrogator.

From BBC • Aug. 26, 2025

It was like the third degree, only he was both interrogator and suspect, both tough cop and hounded prisoner, a cruel spotlight pinning him in a blinding circle of light.

From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier