manhunt

noun

man·​hunt ˈman-ˌhənt 

: an organized and usually intensive hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime

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 on the Web

UnitedHealth Group was criticized after Brian Thompson's murder UnitedHealth Group's 2024 was again upended with Thompson's killing in December, which led to a nationwide manhunt, and the eventual arrest of Luigi Mangione at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania. —Jonathan Limehouse, USA Today, 14 May 2025

As a nationwide manhunt ensued, Rogers turned up in Bossier City, Louisiana. —Dan Sullivan, The Orlando Sentinel, 13 May 2025

India launches a manhunt for the Pahalgam assailants. —Riazat Butt, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025

All four students were found fatally stabbed inside a home in Moscow near the University of Idaho campus on Nov. 14 2022, sparking a weeks-long manhunt for their killer. —Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for manhunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• sederunt
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront
• blunt
• brunt

Kids Definition

manhunt

noun

man·​hunt -ˌhənt 

: an organized hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime