manhunt
an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
an intensive search for any person.
Origin of manhunt
1Other words from manhunt
- man hunter, noun
Words Nearby manhunt
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How to use manhunt in a sentence
The FBI has led a manhunt to find Laundrie—so far with no success.
‘Didn’t Seem Right’: Witness Was Deeply Alarmed by Van-Life Couple’s Fight | Justin Rohrlich | September 22, 2021 | The Daily BeastNewspapers published photos celebrating the success of the secret manhunt.
Operation Fox Hunt: How China Exports Repression Using a Network of Spies Hidden in Plain Sight | by Sebastian Rotella and Kirsten Berg | July 22, 2021 | ProPublicaLess than a week after Villa’s raid, Pershing and his Punitive Expedition, as it was called, crossed into Mexico to commence their manhunt.
Along the border, echoes of revolution and Pancho Villa | Matthew Simpson | July 2, 2021 | Washington PostPolice arrested Robert Aaron Long, 21, after a brief manhunt and said he is the suspect in all eight deaths.
Democrats link Atlanta massacre to anti-Asian rhetoric during pandemic | Cleve Wootson, Marianna Sotomayor | March 17, 2021 | Washington PostIn 2013, it was deployed by law enforcement during the 20-hour manhunt for the Boston Marathon bombers.
Military-grade camera shows risks of airborne coronavirus spread | Dalton Bennett, Sarah Cahlan, Daron Taylor | December 11, 2020 | Washington Post
Jonathan “War Machine” Koppenhaver was arrested after a weeklong manhunt.
The MMA Fighters Have Gone Crazy: ‘Mayhem’ Miller the Latest in a Long Line of Psycho Pugilists | Robert Silverman | October 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor 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 | THE DAILY BEASTOutside a Virginia jail where Salvi was later held after a nationwide manhunt, his supporters gathered.
The Supreme Court Lets Abortion Clinics Protect Themselves | Sally Kohn | June 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMerah was gunned down by police after a tense manhunt and violent 32-hour standoff at his apartment.
First Anti-Semitic Attack Since World War II Rocks Brussels | Tracy McNicoll | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA joint U.S.-Mexico security operation ended a 13-year manhunt for El Chapo, the head of the feared Sinaloa cartel.
Then began a real manhunt, with all its hideous and atrocious interludes.
The Indian Chief | Gustave AimardIt was not an especially auspicious beginning to their manhunt.
Agent Nine and the Jewel Mystery | Graham M. DeanTruly, in the present case he was much more concerned than in an ordinary manhunt.
The Crime of the Boulevard | Jules ClaretieThat 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 PiperBut prudence is apt to be forgotten in the excitement of a hunt, and a manhunt is the most thrilling of all chases.
For Fortune and Glory | Lewis Hough
British Dictionary definitions for manhunt
/ (ˈmænˌhʌnt) /
an organized search, usually by police, for a wanted man or fugitive
Derived forms of manhunt
- manhunter, noun
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