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dragnet::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | trawl, trawl net |
| Type of | fishing net, fishnet |
Examples of dragnet
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Cue the dragnet, the frenetic chases and the pounding James Newton Howard score.
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The company allegedly tried to escape the dragnet by renaming some of its ships.
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Only a handful of monks have escaped the junta's dragnet to join this protest.
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Gawkers flocked to the park by the thousands as the dragnet began to tighten.
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Officers swept a wide area, locking down nine schools in a dragnet for the shooter.
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A vast dragnet for one man had brought a major American city to a standstill.
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The government's dragnet arrests and questionable charges only fan this fire.
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An ex-convict masterminds a jewel heist with assorted losers destined for a dragnet.
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Scuba divers, who also charter boats, risk being caught in the dragnet, too.
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- A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet"
- Trawl: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
- Dragnet is a 1987 film starring Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, directed by Tom Mankiewicz. The screenplay is written by Dan Aykroyd, Alan Zweibel, and Tom Mankiewicz. The original music score was composed by Ira Newborn. The film was marketed with the tagline "Just the Facts".
- Dragnet is the second album by The Fall, released on 26 October 1979. It was recorded over three days in August of that year.
- Dragnet, syndicated as Badge 714, is a radio and television crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. ...
- "Dragnet" is an instrumental theme from the radio and television show of the same name. It was composed by Walter Schumann for the radio show, and was also used on the subsequent television series and later syndication of the TV series under the name "Badge 714. ...
- A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water; Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects
- A systematic and coordinated search for a wanted person.
