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Definition of Dragnet
1. Noun. A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals). "Caught in the police dragnet"
2. Noun. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.
Definition of Dragnet
1. n. A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.
Definition of Dragnet
1. Noun. A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. ¹
2. Noun. Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dragnet
1. a net for trawling [n -S]
Medical Definition of Dragnet
1. A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing. Origin: Cf. AS. Draegnet. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Dragnet
Literary usage of Dragnet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Electrical Words, Terms and Phrases by Edwin James Houston (1903)
"... dragnet, Electro, Yoked-Horseshoe?) ro or 12 parts of water. A few drops of
mercury are then rubbed over its surface, thus coating it with a bright ..."
2. Jehovah Himself Has Become Kingby Robert King by Robert King (2005)
"What does the dragnet symbolize? According to the June 15th, 1992, Watchtower,
... Hence, we read: "So the dragnet represents an earthly instrument that ..."
3. The Restored New Testament: The Hellenic Fragments, Freed from the Pseudo by James Morgan Pryse (1914)
"The Allegory of the dragnet [Matt. xiii. 47, 48, 52] "The reminiscence of the
realm of the starry spaces is like a dragnet which was cast into the sea and ..."
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