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Meanings of witch hunt in English

Russian
ведовские процессы
Portuguese
caça as bruxas
Spanish
caza de brujas
Catalan
cacera de bruixes
Wikidata

Search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, or mass hysteria.

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ведовские процессы
Usage of witch hunt in English
1
In the post dot.com witch hunt, Blodget and Meeker are natural targets.
The Irish Times
2
So I'm not going to try and go on a witch hunt.
The South African
3
Trump has denied colluding and has called the investigation a witch hunt.
Reuters
4
Trump has called Mueller's investigation a witch hunt and has denied collusion.
Reuters
5
Trump has denied colluding and repeatedly called the probe a witch hunt.
Reuters
6
He just sees it as a complete witch hunt, and why bother?
Reuters
7
That first week was awful, it was literally like a witch hunt.
The Guardian
8
He said on Thursday he was the victim of a political witch hunt.
Reuters
9
Hardly the kind of crimes you need to start a witch hunt for.
The Guardian
10
The men said they were the victims of a witch hunt.
Reuters
11
Mr Stafford Smith said: We are not interested in conducting a witch hunt.
The Irish Times
12
Trump said he did nothing wrong and calls the accusations a witch hunt.
Reuters
13
Trump has repeatedly called the investigation a hoax and a political witch hunt.
Reuters
14
This is the single greatest witch hunt of a politician in American history!
Radio NZ
15
Cummings said congressional Republicans set up the panel for a partisan witch hunt.
Reuters
16
Say she had spent two years labelling the subsequent investigation a witch hunt.
News.com.au
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