dinterrogatoire

Dinterrogatoire is a term that does not have a widely recognized definition in English-language or French reference works. In many uses it appears to be a concatenation of the French preposition de (often contracted as d’) and the noun interrogatoire, which means interrogation or questioning. In standard French, d’interrogatoire would function only within a larger phrase; written as a standalone term it is not idiomatic, and dinterrogatoire without an apostrophe is generally treated as a misspelling or nonce word. Because there is no established meaning, the interpretation of dinterrogatoire depends on context. It may reflect a typographical error, a stylistic neologism in a creative text, or a domain-specific shorthand in a particular publication.

When encountered in scholarly or professional writing, it is prudent to seek clarification from the author or to replace it with established terminology such as interrogation or debriefing, depending on intent. In discussions of interrogations and related research, standard topics include ethical considerations, interrogation techniques, cognitive interviewing, and debriefing practices. There is no recognized framework or methodology called “dinterrogatoire” in established police science or linguistics.

See also: Interrogation, Interrogator, Debriefing, Cognitive interviewing, Ethics of interrogation.