Definitions for Dragnet
ˈdrægˌnɛtdrag·net

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dragnetnoun

   a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)

   "caught in the police dragnet"

2. trawl, dragnet, trawl netnoun

   a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. dragnetnoun

   A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.

2. dragnetnoun

   Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.

3. Etymology: drag + net

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dragnetnoun

   A net which is drawn along the bottom of the water.

   Etymology: drag and net.

   Dragnets were made to fish within the deep,
   And castingnets did rivers bottoms sweep. Thomas May, Virgil.

   Some fishermen, that had been out a whole day with a dragnet, and caught nothing, had a draught towards the evening, that came home very heavy, which put them in hope of a sturgeon at last. Roger L'Estrange, Fable 112.

   One of our late great poets is sunk in his reputation, because he could never forgive any conceit which came in his way, but swept, like a dragnet, great and small. Dryden.

   Whatsoever old time, with his huge dragnet, has conveyed down to us along the stream of ages, whether it be shells or shellfish, jewels or pebbles, sticks or straws, seaweeds or mud, these are the ancients, these are the fathers. Isaac Watts, Improvem.

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1. dragnet

   A dragnet is a systematic and coordinated procedure used by law enforcement agencies to search for and catch criminals or suspects, often over a large geographic area. It may also refer to a net used for fishing, or more generally, any system for catching or trapping things.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Dragnetnoun

   a net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing

2. Etymology: [Cf. AS. drgnet.]

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1. Dragnet

   Dragnet is a radio, television and motion picture series of crime drama about the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.

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1. granted

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dragnet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Dragnet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Dragnet in a Sentence

1. James Scot:

   The gaping wound in America’s national security is without a doubt, the unregulated dragnet surveillance capitalists.

2. James Scott:

   You are a product to dragnet surveillance capitalists like Google, Facebook, Comcast and Verizon. Your ideas are rarely your own, rather you are little more than a pawn to their perception steering initiatives to get you to read, believe and buy what they put in front of you. The first step to breaking out of this faux reality matrix is to stop using Google, Bing, Yahoo, Comcast and Facebook.

3. James Scott:

   You'll have the right to be angry about Vault 7 only after you boycott dragnet surveillance data providers like Google, Microsoft, Skype, Facebook and LinkedIn. The true threat is coming from the private sector surveillance profiteers.

4. Nancy Pelosi:

   Another promise cruelly broken by President Trump, this one with heartbreaking consequences for brave young DREAMers across the nation, instead of honoring the protections of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals initiative, President Trump has unleashed an indiscriminate deportation dragnet of appalling inhumanity.

5. Matt Cagle:

   This proposal invites dragnet surveillance that history shows will disproportionately harm immigrants, communities of color, and activists, and it invites profit-seeking firms to violate Facebook and Twitter rules designed to keep users safe, treating social media users like suspects won't make us more safe, but it will make us less free.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Dragnet
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Dragnet
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=Dragnet
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Dragnet
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Dragnet