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Definition of "manhunt" [man•hunt]

  • An organized, extensive search for a person, usually a fugitive criminal. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "manhunt" in a sentence
  • "Though Hood used the term "manhunt" to describe the search for Ozment, all his investigators could do when they found him was to serve a summons to appear for hearings in Hood's civil lawsuit."
  • "Justice Cynthia Aaron dissented, saying the term manhunt suggested that law enforcement was involved."
  • "From BBC News: A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail."
  • "A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail."