Dragnet Synonyms

drăgnĕt
A net
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. trawl
  2. seine
  3. trammel
  4. house-search
  5. trawl net
  6. perquisition
A system for apprehending criminals or suspects
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. police sweep
  2. network
  3. all-points-bulletin
  4. apb
  5. stakeout
  6. roundup

Words Related to Dragnet

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. drag
  2. arrest
  3. hunt
  4. net
  5. trap
  6. manhunt
  7. manhunter

Dragnet Sentence Examples

  • The police campaign against it drew a dragnet through the UK anarchist community.

  • The case concerns a 2002 DNA dragnet initiated by police in Baton Rouge, Louisiana during a serial rape-murder investigation.

  • One attempt at calling a general strike was effectively suppressed by members of the SAW and ANC who had escaped the police dragnet.

  • However, this wasn't merely some Gunsmoke rip-off, anymore than Man From Uncle was close kin to Dragnet.

  • She stayed on the soap for two years, before going on to starring on the TV show L.A. Dragnet (2003), the film Snitch'd (2003), and the 2004 made-for-TV movie called The Dead Will Tell.

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