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Asking questions like you mean it, with the implied threat of follow-ups.
means To question someone or something closely and systematically, often to extract truth or test an idea.
from From Latin interrogare, to ask between, combining inter (between) and rogare (to ask) — questions thrown across a table, literally and figuratively.
Academic driftScholars now interrogate texts, no handcuffs required.
Sibling wordRogare also gave us rogation and prerogative.
Tone mattersIt always implies pressure, never idle chitchat.