Definition

1. Verb:
   • To interrogate: To question someone, especially a suspect or witness, formally, systematically, and often intensively, typically in a legal, police, or official context to obtain information or a confession.
   • To question (formally): To ask someone a series of questions in an official inquiry or examination.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cảnh sát đang thẩm vấn nghi phạm. (The police are interrogating the suspect.)
  • Thẩm phán sẽ thẩm vấn các nhân chứng vào ngày mai. (The judge will question the witnesses tomorrow.)
  • Anh ta bị thẩm vấn trong nhiều giờ liền. (He was interrogated for many hours straight.)

Advanced Usage

• "thẩm vấn viên": interrogator, examiner.
  • Thẩm vấn viên là một người rất kiên nhẫn. (The interrogator is a very patient person.)
• "buổi thẩm vấn" / "cuộc thẩm vấn": an interrogation session, a questioning session.
  • Buổi thẩm vấn kết thúc mà không có lời thú tội. (The interrogation session ended without a confession.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chất vấn (v): To question, to interpellate (often in a political or public context, demanding an explanation from an official).
  • Đại biểu Quốc hội chất vấn Bộ trưởng. (The National Assembly delegate questioned the Minister.)
• Tra hỏi (v): To interrogate, to grill (can be formal or informal, often implies pressing for answers).
  • Mẹ tra hỏi tôi về chuyện đi chơi tối qua. (My mother grilled me about going out last night.)

Synonyms

• Interrogate: To question formally and systematically.
• Question: To ask questions, especially in an official setting.
• Examine: To question or inspect closely.
• Grill (informal): To question intensely.

Related Idioms

• Đưa ra thẩm vấn: To bring in for questioning.
  • Cảnh sát đã đưa ba người ra thẩm vấn. (The police brought three people in for questioning.)

verb

1. to interrogate, to question