All 8 Uses of
interrogate
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- Every time Harry heard her approaching he tried to question her about the Howler, but he might as well have interrogated the doorknob for all the answers he got.†
Chpt 3 *
- Interrogators: Cornelius Oswald Fudge, Minister for Magic; Amelia Susan Bones, Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement; Dolores Jane Umbridge, Senior Undersecretary to the Minister.†
Chpt 8
- 'Overall,' said Professor Umbridge, returning to Professor Grubbly-Plank's side after a lengthy interrogation of Dean Thomas, 'how do you, as a temporary member of staff— an objective outsider, I suppose you might say — how do you find Hogwarts?†
Chpt 15
- Ernie Macmillan had developed an irritating habit of interrogating people about their revision practices.†
Chpt 31
- Ernie Macmillan had developed an irritating habit of interrogating people about their revision practices.†
Chpt 31
- 'You took my last bottle to interrogate Potter,' he said, surveying her coolly through his greasy curtains of black hair.†
Chpt 32
- His cold, dark eyes were boring into Harry's, who met his gaze unflinchingly, concentrating hard on what he had seen in his dream, willing Snape to read it in his mind, to understand… 'I wish to interrogate him!' repeated Umbridge angrily, and Snape looked away from Harry back into her furiously quivering face.†
Chpt 32
- Terror of being interrogated made Harry stride across the room and seize the doorknob.†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(interrogate) ask a series of questions of someone -- typically asked by law enforcement officials or by someone in an aggressive manner