Manhunt

//ˈmænˌhʌnt// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An organized search for a criminal or enemy.

    "After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him."

  2. 2
    an organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime) wordnet
  3. 3
    A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.

    "Manhunt is a variant of hide-and-seek, she tells me. One person is the seeker. Everyone else hides. If the seeker finds you, you become a seeker, too."

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"The manhunt continued throughout the night."

Etymology

From man + hunt.

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