Dragnet

//ˈdɹæɡˌnɛt//

Synonyms for "dragnet" (80 found)

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Noun(2 words)
trawltrawl net

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has context

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Translations

48 translations across 26 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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  • σαγήνη noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Arabic

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  • شبكة noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • شبكة noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Chinese Mandarin

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  • 拖網 /拖网 noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Coptic

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  • ⲥⲁⲅⲏⲛⲏ noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Danish

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  • eftersøgning noun (Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.)
  • slæbegarn noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • slæbevod noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Dutch

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  • sleepnet noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Finnish

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  • pohjatrooli noun (net dragged across the bottom)

French

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  • chalut noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Galician

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  • boliche noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • bou noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • braba noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • endeño noun (net dragged across the bottom)

German

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  • Schleppnetz noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • Schleppnetzfahndung noun (Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.)

Ilocano

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  • daklis noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Italian

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  • retata noun (Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.)
  • rete a strascico noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • sciabica noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Japanese

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  • 引き網 noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Latin

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  • tragula noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Lushootseed

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  • ʔəxʷadᶻad noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Macedonian

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  • влак noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Malay

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  • pukat noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Māori

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  • kaharoa noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Norman

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  • drannet noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Norwegian Bokmål

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  • not noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • not noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Polish

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  • obława noun (Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.)
  • włók noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • arrastão noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • rasca noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Russian

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  • бре́день noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • не́вод noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • сеть noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • трал noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Spanish

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  • chinchorro noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • red barredera noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • red de arrastre noun (net dragged across the bottom)
  • redada noun (Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.)

Swedish

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  • not noun (net dragged across the bottom)

Sample sentences

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Anchovy dragnets are an important part Korea's fishing sector. Over 99% of catches found in anchovy dragnets are anchovy. Although the annual total catches of anchovy have fluctuated, dragnets catch 55 to 70% of the total annual catch of anchovy. The remaining portion is caught with drift gill nets (10%) and other fishing methods.

Source: wiktionary

The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications.

Source: wiktionary

When ponds are cleaned out periodically, fish are trapped or dragnetted and finally the pond is drained to remove all fish.

Source: wiktionary

In fact, Carty was not the man, but, after a police swoop had dragnetted twenty men suspected of having taken part in the business, he was lodged in Sligo jail and accused of this violence to the lady.

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