Definition of "witch-hunter" []

• Someone who identifies and punishes people for their opinions (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I'm no witch-hunter, and I can believe that everyone scrambled to cover their own mistakes, as he says ... but it's sad to see evidence of such aloof attitudes toward human life."
• "So this is one of those things where an evangelical church has somebody come visit and badmouth his homeland, like that witch-hunter who put a force-field around Sarah Palin?"
• "Looking at the colonial-style hat, cloak and garments, Levi was reminded of the terror of Salem — Reverend Cotton Mather, scientist, theologian, and witch-hunter."