Definition of "ferreted" [ferreted]

• Simple past tense and past participle of ferret. (verb)

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• "It was then that Mrs. Minchin ferreted out a dressmaker whom Mrs.St. Quentin employed, and I was put under her hands."
• "He ferreted around and found the original report written [you guessed it] by CIBER."
• "With great ferocity mobs ferreted out Huguenots and hacked them to death."