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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Watch on Deadline In the video seen in the documentary, a tense Netanyahu sits rigidly behind a desk facing at least three interrogators.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
In the novel, as with much of her work, Rivera Garza, ever the interrogator of boundaries, ruptures the line between documentation and fiction.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 22 May 2024
For example, the C.I.A. had forced Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the architect of the hijackings, to talk to interrogators through waterboarding, rectal abuse, shackling while nude and other brutality.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2024
On the other side of the channel, Bucky finds himself in front of a Luftwaffe interrogator named Hausmann.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2024
In the novel, as with much of her work, Rivera Garza, ever the interrogator of boundaries, ruptures the line between documentation and fiction.
—Scott Hocker, theweek, 22 May 2024
For example, the C.I.A. had forced Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, who is accused of being the architect of the hijackings, to talk to interrogators through waterboarding, rectal abuse, shackling while nude and other brutality.
—Charlie Savage, New York Times, 16 May 2024
On the other side of the channel, Bucky finds himself in front of a Luftwaffe interrogator named Hausmann.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
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“Interrogator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interrogator. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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