Word
dragnet, n.
(dragnets)
a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
<noun.artifact>
dragnet
trawl
trawl net
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
trawl
semantic pointers
hypernym
fishing net, fishnet
a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
<noun.group>
dragnet
sample sentences
"caught in the police dragnet"
semantic pointers
hypernym
system, scheme