noun.
An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
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noun.
an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime)
Word Usage
"Though Hood used the term "manhunt" to describe the search for Ozment, all his investigators could do when they found him was to serve a summons to appear for hearings in Hood's civil lawsuit."