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Dragnet   /drˈægnˌɛt/   Listen
Dragnet

noun
1.
A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals).
2.
A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.  Synonyms: trawl, trawl net.





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"Dragnet" Quotes from Famous Books



... mature for the market. On the Cross-Triangle and similar ranches, three or four of the steadier year-round hands only are held. These repair and build fences, visit the watering places, brand an occasional calf that somehow has managed to escape the dragnet of the rodeo, and with "dope bottle" ever at hand doctor such animals as are afflicted with screwworms. It is during these weeks, too, that the horses are broken; for, with the hard and dangerous work of the fall ...
— When A Man's A Man • Harold Bell Wright
... of North America, Macmillan, New York, 1947. The author is a scientist with an open mind on the relationships between predators and game animals. His thick, delightfully illustrated book is the best dragnet on American mammals extant. It contains ...
— Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest • J. Frank Dobie
... Listen to this. (Reads from notes.) "Police fishing. Make a big haul! Throw out the dragnet and once more capture the ...
— Writing for Vaudeville • Brett Page


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