verb/ɛ̃.tɛʁ.pə.le/
to call out to; to question, to interrogate; to address (of police etc.); to apprehend, to arrest; to raise questions for; to interpellate (question formally concerning official or governmental policy)
“Elle interpelle une femme maigriote et chahuteuse et lui crie avec un accent inimitable :[…]” — She called out to a slimmish, raucous woman and cried out to her in an unimitable accent […]
Synonyms: appréhender
Borrowed from Latin interpellāre, from interpellō (“to interrupt, to hinder”). Compare Italian interpellare, Spanish and Portuguese interpelar, English interpellate.