1. A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
   "caught in the police dragnet" 
2. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
   - trawl, trawl net

Derived forms: dragnets

Type of: fishing net, fishnet, scheme, system

Encyclopedia: Dragnet

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