Usually means: Intense search for perceived wrongdoers.
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  4. Witchhunt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Witchhunt)

noun:  Alternative form of witch-hunt [(now chiefly historical) A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, typically in order to persecute or punish them.]

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