Dragnet

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  • noun. A system of coordinated procedures for apprehending criminal suspects or other wanted persons.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A net for trawling; a trawl.
  • noun. A net for catching small game.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A net designed to be drawn on the bottom of a river or pond for taking fish, etc.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
  • noun. Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
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  • noun. a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
  • noun. a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
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