Interpellate

From Latin interpello.

Full definition of interpellate

(obsolete) To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something).
(philosophy) To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate).

1996, The Cambridge History of American Literature, volume 8, Poetry and criticism, 1940-1995 (edited by Sacvan Bercovitch), page 408:... a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" ... interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender.
2002, Marianne JÃ¸rgensen, Louise J. Phillips, Discourse Analysis As Theory and Method, page 41:... the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions ...
2009, Samia Bazzi, Arab News and Conflict: A Multidisciplinary Discourse Study:... whereas the Palestinian subjects are interpellated as: the martyr... a young Palestinian... a Palestinian teenager.

(transitive, chiefly politics) To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business.