Dragnet Definition

drăgnĕt
dragnets
noun
dragnets
A net dragged along the bottom of a river, lake, etc. for catching fish.
Webster's New World
An organized system or network for gathering in or catching criminals or others wanted by the authorities.
Webster's New World
A net for trawling; a trawl.
American Heritage
A net for catching small game.
Webster's New World
Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
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Synonyms:
verb
To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
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Other Word Forms of Dragnet

Noun

Singular:
dragnet
Plural:
dragnets

Origin of Dragnet

Dragnet Sentence Examples

  • The police campaign against it drew a dragnet through the UK anarchist community.

  • The case concerns a 2002 DNA dragnet initiated by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during a serial rape-murder investigation.

  • One attempt at calling a general strike was effectively suppressed by members of the SAW and ANC who had escaped the police dragnet.

  • However, this wasn't merely some Gunsmoke rip-off, anymore than Man From Uncle was close kin to Dragnet.

  • She stayed on the soap for two years, before going on to starring on the TV show L.A. Dragnet (2003), the film Snitch'd (2003), and the 2004 made-for-TV movie called The Dead Will Tell.

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