dragnet
Noun
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Noun
dragnet (plural dragnets)
- (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
- (law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
- French: chalut
- Italian: rete a strascico, sciabica
- Portuguese: rasca, arrastão
- Russian: не́вод
- Spanish: red barredera, red de arrastre
dragnet (dragnets, present participle dragnetting; past and past participle dragnetted)
- (fishing) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
- (law enforcement) To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
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