Definition of "interrogation" []

• The act of interrogating or questioning; examination by questions; inquiry. (noun)
• A question put; an inquiry. (noun)
• A point, mark, or sign, thus ?, indicating that the sentence with which it is connected is a question. It is used to express doubt, or to mark a query. Called also interrogation point. (noun)

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• "The problem, many have said, is that the word interrogation can be a misnomer, since it rarely plays a significant role in the fact-finding part of a police investigation."
• "As I stated to the Associated Press, "We're not talking about being threatened to death in interrogation with drills to their head, we're talking about run-of-the-mill detention conditions that when seen as a whole create a very troubling pattern.""
• "In a U.S. federal court, testimony derived from a coercive interrogation is not admissible."