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Dragnet Common

Dragnet has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)

"caught in the police dragnet"

2

a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

3

A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

Verb
1

To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
system fishnet
Rhyming Words
net anet snet denet bonet benet lunet ennet manet abnet genet senet tinet nonet monet avnet binet tenet janet annet
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