Manhunt

ahd-5
  • noun. An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).
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  • noun. An organized search for a criminal or enemy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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."
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