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词汇 dragnet
释义 dragnet
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈdræɡ.net/ us /ˈdræɡ.net/
a series of actions taken by the police that are intended to catch criminals: (警方的)撒网行动,抓捕方案
The police have widened their dragnet in their search for the killer.警方已经把搜捕杀手的网张大了。
a heavy net that is pulled along the bottom of a river or area of water when searching for something拖网,拉网
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Searching
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
body search
bounty hunter
comb
hunt someone/something down
hunter
hunting ground
keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom
leave no stone unturnedidiom
lookout
needle
scout
scratch around for something
scrounge around
search
seek someone/something out
seeker
troll

You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:


The police generally
Commercial fishing
Nets, grids and grilles

Examples of dragnet


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French police sprang into action, setting up dragnets in the nation's key ports.
Although the state government had ordered private schools to be assimilated into the federal schooling structure, many managed to avoid the dragnet.
The parents never hear about many of these dragnet operations.
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Can he say from his own experience that there was any case where this was used as a dragnet for that sort of purpose?
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I believe, therefore, that this does not add anything, except a dragnet of which a possibly incompetent staff officer might choose to take advantage.
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The extended powers of the police encourage fishing expeditions by policemen who simply dragnet innocent civilians into police stations for questioning.
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I will give two examples of the type of young men that we get in the military dragnet.
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The show takes its name from the police term dragnet, meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
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She tells the police, who launch a dragnet.
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The film continues with a dragnet and chase through the sewers.
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The league was responsible for what happened to the union members who were swept up in the dragnet following the blast.
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Eyewitnesses provided a description of the assailant, and the police spread a dragnet in the sinister haunts of the citys underworld.
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Due to this dragnet, the elderly and infirm civilians volunteered to surrender.
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He breaks out of the police dragnet, and hides at a farm which recently had a pestilence infection.
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The political police dragnet was at taxpayer expense.
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