witch hunt
noun
(in historical use) the investigation, trial, and punishment of alleged practitioners of witchcraft.
witch hunter
-
a word derived from
witch hunt.
witch-hunter
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a word derived from
witch-hunt.
witch huntnoun(in historical use) the investigation, trial, and punishment of alleged practitioners of witchcraft.
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Pearson saw in McCarthy a witch hunter who couldn’t snare a witch — precisely the sort of faker he’d spent his career exposing.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 17, 2020
It follows the story of Kaulder, the last living witch hunter, who has spent his immortal life tracking down rogue witches.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2015
Have him play a centuries-old witch hunter with a flaming sword.
From The Verge ● Sep. 14, 2015
Robert Burns is portrayed as a flintlock-wielding witch hunter in a new graphic novel.
From BBC ● Nov. 23, 2014
“I’m not a psychiatrist or a witch hunter and I’m not going to start now.”
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
But the most notorious royal witch-hunter of all time was James VI of Scotland, who went on to become James I of England.
From BBC ● Mar. 17, 2024
Matthew Hopkins, England's most famous witch-hunter, reportedly made £1,000 over his career—almost $200,000 today.
From Scientific American ● May 31, 2023
He compared the agency’s critics to a 1950s anti-communist crusader who is widely reviled in history books as a paranoid witch-hunter.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 1, 2018
The anti-Tau-rum faction mobilizes under its natural leader, Washington's leading witch-hunter, Senator Jason Ransom.
From Time Magazine Archive
If a man began a career as a witch-hunter, and, becoming convinced of the imposture, declined the service, he was accused and hanged.
From The Witch of Salem or Credulity Run Mad by F. A. (Freeland A.) Carter
