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Dragnet   /drˈægnˌɛt/   Listen
Dragnet

noun
1.
A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals).
2.
A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.  Synonyms: trawl, trawl net.





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"Dragnet" Quotes from Famous Books



... rayed to death any creature their dragnet drove into the open, leaving feebly kicking bodies of the furry, long-legged beasts Raf had first seen after the landing of the spacer. He could not understand the reason for such wholesale extermination, since certainly the rabbitlike rodents ...
— Star Born • Andre Norton
... a snort. "Dick, unless you've got more cash on hand than the rest of us then I don't believe a dragnet search of this crowd would turn up two dollars. Thirty-six? That's going some and ...
— The High School Pitcher - Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond • H. Irving Hancock


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