interpeller
Meanings
Verb
1. to call out to (transitive)
2. to question, to interrogate; to address (of police etc.) (transitive)
3. to apprehend, to arrest (by extension, transitive)
4. to raise questions for (figurative, figuratively, transitive)
5. to interpellate (question formally concerning official or governmental policy) (politics, transitive)
Examples3
Aucun suspect n'a été interpellé.
No suspects have been caught.
Je n'ai jamais été interpellé par un étranger.
I have never been spoken to by a foreigner before.
Venez-vous de bon gré ou faut-il vous interpeller ?
Are you coming willingly, or do we have to detain you?