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Meanings of dragnet in English

Portuguese
rasca
Catalan
traïnya
Wikidata

A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.

rasca

System of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

Synonyms
Examples for "police dragnet"
Examples for "police dragnet"
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Interior Minister Christophe Castaner said the shooter had evaded a police dragnet and was on the run, raising concerns of a follow-up attack.
Reuters
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Every time he did anything the terrorists in the vicinity were gathered in by the police dragnet, and many of them were executed.
The Strength of the Strong
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Ankara - Turkey yesterday did battle with Islamic activists of all shades in courts, jails and police dragnets for radical guerrillas blamed for grisly murders.
The Irish Times
Usage of dragnet in English
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Acton grew afraid that WhatsApp would turn into a mass surveillance dragnet.
Wired
2
A wider dragnet is required, with more testing and rigorous contact tracing.
The economist
3
So the problem with us is how to get out the dragnet.
Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 / Embracing the Tra...
4
The State Police have spread a dragnet, but it doesn't look hopeful.
Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung
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Some of those caught in the dragnet are left scratching their heads.
Reuters
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Prepare for that-murdersuspect, dragnet, a crappy snapshot of you on TV.
Internecine
7
Policing has come a long way from the dragnet days of the 1950s.
Wired
8
Just another surveyor, recently arrived, perhaps part of the same dragnet.
Seveneves
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Izenberg was swept into the dragnet around Terminus, the self-proclaimed ultimate UNIX hacker.
The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontie...
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Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has condemned both the kidnappings and the Israeli dragnet.
Reuters
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The use of the word "dragnet" six times is really overdoing it.
The Irish Times
12
Throw out the dragnet and once more capture the Eel.
Writing for Vaudeville
13
His death accentuates the range of the dragnet of war.
The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
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It's a thoroughly modern village mentality with an international dragnet.
The Irish Times
15
Another invalid-mysecretary-oneflounders in a dragnet of unfortunate circumstances.
Diane of the Green Van
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Then the authorities proceeded to throw out a fine-mesh dragnet.
The Fourth "R"
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Translations for dragnet
Portuguese
rasca
Catalan
traïnya
Dragnet through the time