witch-hunt

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.
 * 2)  An attempt to find and punish or harass a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds.
 * 3)  A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
 * 4) * 2016 May 15, Donald Trump, tweet quoted in 2019, Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming, Hachette Books (ISBN 9780316449892)
 * The media is really on a witch-hunt against me. False reporting, and plenty of it - but we will prevail!
 * 1)  A public or political campaign or investigation which smears a person or group.
 * 2) * 2016 May 15, Donald Trump, tweet quoted in 2019, Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming, Hachette Books (ISBN 9780316449892)
 * The media is really on a witch-hunt against me. False reporting, and plenty of it - but we will prevail!
 * 1) * 2016 May 15, Donald Trump, tweet quoted in 2019, Lindy West, The Witches Are Coming, Hachette Books (ISBN 9780316449892)
 * The media is really on a witch-hunt against me. False reporting, and plenty of it - but we will prevail!

Translations

 * Arabic: مُطَارَدَةُ السَّاحِرَاتِ
 * Armenian: վհուկների որս
 * Belarusian: палява́нне на ве́дзьмаў
 * Bulgarian: лов на вещици
 * Catalan: caça de bruixes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 獵巫, 獵女巫
 * Czech: hon na čarodějnice
 * Danish: heksejagt
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: nõiajaht
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κυνήγι μαγισσών
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: perburuan penyihir
 * Italian: caccia alle streghe
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 마녀사냥
 * Macedonian: лов на вештерки
 * Malay: memburu ahli sihir, penyihir memburu
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: caça às bruxas
 * Romanian: vânătoare de vrăjitoare
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лов на вештице, лов на вјештице
 * Roman: lov na veštice, lov na vještice
 * Spanish: caza de brujas
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: การล่าแม่มด
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: полюва́ння на ві́дьом
 * Volapük: magivanayag,  himagivanayag,  jimagivanayag


 * Armenian: վհուկների որս
 * Catalan: caça de bruixes
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 政治迫害
 * Danish: heksejagt
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: κυνήγι μαγισσών
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: caccia alle streghe
 * Korean: 마녀사냥
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: caça às bruxas
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: лов на вештице, лов на вјештице
 * Roman: lov na veštice, lov na vještice
 * Spanish: caza de brujas
 * Swedish:
 * Thai: การล่าแม่มด

Verb

 * 1)  To perform a witch-hunt.