dragnet

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
2. isim A heightened effort by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
3. fiil To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.

   “When ponds are cleaned out periodically, fish are trapped or dragnetted and finally the pond is drained to remove all fish.”

4. fiil To undertake a heightened effort to catch a suspect.

   “In fact, Carty was not the man, but, after a police swoop had dragnetted twenty men suspected of having taken part in the business, he was lodged in Sligo jail and accused of this violence to the lady.”