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manhunt
[ man-huhnt ]
noun
- an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
- an intensive search for any person.
manhunt
/ ˈmænˌhʌnt /
noun
- an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive
Derived Forms
- ˈmanˌhunter, noun
Other Words From
- man hunter noun
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Jonathan “War Machine” Koppenhaver was arrested after a weeklong manhunt.
For them the 18-day search for the Israeli teens and the manhunt for their captors was tantamount to collective punishment.
Outside a Virginia jail where Salvi was later held after a nationwide manhunt, his supporters gathered.
Merah was gunned down by police after a tense manhunt and violent 32-hour standoff at his apartment.
A joint U.S.-Mexico security operation ended a 13-year manhunt for El Chapo, the head of the feared Sinaloa cartel.
Then began a real manhunt, with all its hideous and atrocious interludes.
It was not an especially auspicious beginning to their manhunt.
Truly, in the present case he was much more concerned than in an ordinary manhunt.
That was Federation-wide news; the end of a fifteen-year manhunt for the most wanted criminal in the known Galaxy.
But prudence is apt to be forgotten in the excitement of a hunt, and a manhunt is the most thrilling of all chases.
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