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Noun: dragnet  'drag`net
  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
    - trawl, trawl net

Derived forms: dragnets

Type of: fishing net, fishnet, scheme, system

Encyclopedia: Dragnet

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