manhunt

[ man-huhnt ]

/ ˈmænˌhʌnt /

noun

an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.

an intensive search for any person.

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Origin of manhunt

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; man¹ + hunt

OTHER WORDS FROM manhunt

man hunter, noun

Words nearby manhunt

manhelper, manhire, manhole, manhood, manhood suffrage, manhunt, mani, mani-pedi, mania, maniac, maniacal

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For them the 18-day search for the Israeli teens and the manhunt for their captors was tantamount to collective punishment.
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A joint U.S.-Mexico security operation ended a 13-year manhunt for El Chapo, the head of the feared Sinaloa cartel.
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Now, a manhunt for the owners of a nursing home, just south of the city, was rough cosmic justice come at last.
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But the manhunt is unlikely to stop the street artist folk hero.
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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.
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They told how Tomo was wrought to a pitch of frenzied interest by this manhunt.
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This made the dude keep still; but he did dislike this “manhunt” in the thick brush of Acorn Island.
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But everybody seemed to know about the manhunt that was going on, here, there, and everywhere.
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It was not an especially auspicious beginning to their manhunt.
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British Dictionary definitions for manhunt

manhunt

/ (ˈmænˌhʌnt) /

noun

an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive

Derived forms of manhunt

manhunter, noun

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