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[ man-huhnt ] / ˈmænˌhʌnt /
nounan intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies. an intensive search for any person. Origin of manhuntAn Americanism dating back to 1835–45; man + hunt OTHER WORDS FROM manhuntman hunter, nounWords nearby manhuntManhire, manhole, manhood, manhood suffrage, man-hour, manhunt, Mani, mania, maniac, maniacal, manic Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for manhuntFor them the 18-day search for the Israeli teens and the manhunt for their captors was tantamount to collective punishment. There Is No Moral Equivalent to the Murder of Three Israeli Teenagers|Thane Rosenbaum|July 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST A joint U.S.-Mexico security operation ended a 13-year manhunt for El Chapo, the head of the feared Sinaloa cartel. Will El Chapo Rule From Prison?|John P. Sullivan|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now, a manhunt for the owners of a nursing home, just south of the city, was rough cosmic justice come at last. One Lawyer’s Quest to Right New Orleans’ Wrongs|Jason Berry|November 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST But the manhunt is unlikely to stop the street artist folk hero. New Yorkers Are Calling Out Banksy|Nina Strochlic|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We tossed around a lot of words last week after the Boston Marathon bombing and the manhunt for the Tsarnaev brothers. Senseless. Evil. Silver Linings. Our Misguided Terms of Terror.|William Giraldi|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST That was Federation-wide news; the end of a fifteen-year manhunt for the most wanted criminal in the known Galaxy. Four-Day Planet|Henry Beam Piper They told how Tomo was wrought to a pitch of frenzied interest by this manhunt. Way of the Lawless|Max Brand This made the dude keep still; but he did dislike this “manhunt” in the thick brush of Acorn Island. The Girls of Central High in Camp|Gertrude W. Morrison But everybody seemed to know about the manhunt that was going on, here, there, and everywhere. Danny's Own Story|Don Marquis It was not an especially auspicious beginning to their manhunt. Agent Nine and the Jewel Mystery|Graham M. Dean
British Dictionary definitions for manhunt
nounan organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive Derived forms of manhuntmanhunter, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |