Definition of manhunt
:an organized and usually intensive hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime
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Examples of manhunt in a Sentence
After several days of searching, the sheriff called off the manhunt.
The FBI launched a manhunt to find the kidnappers.
Recent Examples of manhunt from the Web
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Catalan police said the manhunt was centered on Younes Abouyaaquoub, a 22-year-old Moroccan suspected of driving the van that plowed into a Barcelona promenade packed with pedestrians Thursday, killing 13 people and injuring 120.
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The official was not authorized to be publicly named speaking of an ongoing manhunt.
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Keith Myers The Kansas City Star Ian James McCarthy of Clinton was charged Monday with first degree murder in Michael’s death, even as legions of law enforcement officers swept across the area around Clinton in a massive manhunt.
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Since the manhunt began, sightings have been reported in Utah, Wyoming and eastern Idaho.
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Slipping the dragnet The feds were ramping up the manhunt — but nothing of the scale soon to come.
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The teen's suspected accomplice escaped a large manhunt and is still being sought by police.
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Roberson’s car veered off the road as the pickup’s driver sped off toward Delaware County, setting off a three-day, multi-state manhunt.
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PHOENIX (AP) — A two-day manhunt in an eastern Arizona forest for a man suspected of setting a string of fires and shooting at a U.S. Forest Service employee spooked vacationers Wednesday and prompted others to lock doors and keep a lookout.
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First Known Use of manhunt
1833
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