Grilled (5-8)
I believe the answer is:
cross-examined
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">grilled</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for cross-examined that I've seen before include "Questioned closely" , "Interrogated" .)