manhunt
noun
an intensive search for a criminal, suspect, escaped convict, etc., as by law enforcement agencies.
manhunter
-
a word derived from
manhunt.
Example Sentences
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Prior doesn’t understand why that is any more than he gets why referring to Danvers as the manhunter from Mike Nichols’ 1967 classic “The Graduate” is an insult.
From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2024
With his newest book, Underground Airlines, he invents another sort of existential detective—a manhunter for the U.S.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2016
But all details fell into insignificance compared with the general theme, which was the mighty duel between Andrew and Hal Dozier—the unescapable manhunter and the trapwise outlaw.
From Way of the Lawless by Max Brand
I had never seen Japan's famous manhunter till the day before, but by reputation I knew him to be relentless in pursuit of victims to be offered as tribute to his genius.
From The House of the Misty Star A Romance of Youth and Hope and Love in Old Japan by Frances Little
It had been very scanty information and late in its arrival—too late to enable the master manhunter to block the plan.
From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various
