Asking
Asking noun - The verbal act of requesting.
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Interrogate and asking are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Interrogate" instead a verb "Asking".
Interrogate
Interrogate verb - To put a question or questions to.
Asking and interrogate are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Asking" with "Interrogate", this verbs are similar.
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Heck, kids can't interrogate suspects anyway, so asking questions to trick the suspect into revealing something is more likely.
Source: Kid Detective -
Bleeding to death slowly, he begins to seemingly babble as Bourne tries to interrogate him, asking Bourne where he comes from, and darkly laughing about their terrible headaches— a result of their mutual behavioral conditioning.
Source: Alas, Poor Villain - Shortly after, however, Pagan excuses himself from the dinner to go interrogate a prisoner, asking Ajay to stay put at the table for a while and leaves him unsupervised, which most players take as a cue to leave and start the main plot.
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