The Only Use of
interrogate
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- If she was on the porch when we passed, we would be raked by her wrathful gaze, subjected to ruthless interrogation regarding our behavior, and given a melancholy prediction on what we would amount to when we grew up, which was always nothing.
p. 114.9interrogation = aggressive questioning
Definition:
ask a series of questions of someone -- typically asked by law enforcement officials or by someone in an aggressive manner