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witch-hunt
/ˈwɪtʃhʌnt/Giriş yap, bu kelimeyi “Kelimelerim”e ekle.
Çeviriler
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- witch-hunt General
- witch-hunting General
Tanımlar (İngilizce)
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A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
“To-night ye will see. It is the great witch-hunt, and many will be smelt out as wizards and slain.”
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An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
“Rank-and-file Communists everywhere are led away on a senseless witch-hunt after 'Trotskyists'.”
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A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
“Even fewer people could believe that the UNCW administration would actually undertake a witch hunt against me, even going so far as to invoke their right to read my personal e-mails because they were on the university's system.”
- fiil To perform a witch-hunt.