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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The interrogator's task is simple: to decide which conversational partner is human.
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
When asked about the rise of super agents and growing power of firms like CAA back in the ’80s, Ramer turns the assumptions back on the interrogator.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
At the Pentagon, Miss Rafferty, along with Pascal’s and Harrelson’s characters all recount their abductions, trying to convince their military interrogators, played by Hamm and Bryant.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Later, Mazen paid two hundred thousand pounds to his interrogators, in the hope of better treatment.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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The Physics Arxiv Blog, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2025
When asked about the rise of super agents and growing power of firms like CAA back in the ’80s, Ramer turns the assumptions back on the interrogator.
—Steven Gaydos, Variety, 9 Apr. 2025
At the Pentagon, Miss Rafferty, along with Pascal’s and Harrelson’s characters all recount their abductions, trying to convince their military interrogators, played by Hamm and Bryant.
—Kate Aurthur, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Later, Mazen paid two hundred thousand pounds to his interrogators, in the hope of better treatment.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Interrogator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interrogator. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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