Usually means: Persecution based on unfounded accusations.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word witch hunt:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. witch hunt: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. witch-hunt, witch hunt: Merriam-Webster
  3. witch-hunt: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. witch-hunt: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. witch-hunt, witch-hunt, witch hunt: Collins English Dictionary
  6. witch-hunt: Vocabulary.com
  7. Witch-Hunt, witch-hunt: Wordnik
  8. witch-hunt: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. witch-hunt: Wiktionary
  10. witch hunt: Online Etymology Dictionary
  11. The Witch Hunt, Witch Hunt (British TV series), Witch Hunt (Once Upon a Time), Witch Hunt (Rush song), Witch Hunt (South Korean TV series), Witch Hunt (band), Witch Hunt (novel), Witch Hunt (role-playing game), Witch-hunt, Witch hunt (disambiguation), Witch hunt: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. witch-hunt: Rhymezone
  13. witch-hunt: FreeDictionary.org
  14. witch-hunt: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. witch-hunt, witch hunt: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. witch hunt: Wiktionary
  17. witch hunt: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  18. witch hunt: Infoplease Dictionary
  19. witch-hunt, witch hunt: Dictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. witch-hunt, witch hunt: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. witch-hunt, witch hunt: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Witch Hunt: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See witch_hunted as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Witch hunt)

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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