dragnet

Etymology
From, probably based on the model of , , , , equivalent to 🇰🇲. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)  A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
 * 2)  Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
 * 1)  Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.

Derived terms

 * dragnet mortgage

Translations

 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic: شبكة
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Coptic: ⲥⲁⲅⲏⲛⲏ
 * Danish: slæbevod, slæbegarn
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: pohjatrooli
 * French:
 * Galician: bou, rasca, salabardo, sabaleira, endeño, varredeira, patexeira, braba, boliche
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σαγήνη
 * Ilocano: daklis
 * Italian: rete a strascico,
 * Japanese: 引き網
 * Latin: tragula
 * Lushootseed: ʔəxʷadᶻad
 * Macedonian: влак
 * Maori: kaharoa
 * Norman: drannet
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk: not
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: red barredera, red de arrastre,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:


 * Danish: eftersøgning
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
 * 2)  To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
 * 1)  To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.