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  1. dragnets: Merriam-Webster
  2. dragnets: Collins English Dictionary
  3. dragnets: Vocabulary.com
  4. dragnets: Wordnik
  5. dragnets: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. dragnets: Wiktionary
  7. dragnets: Dictionary.com
  8. dragnets: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dragnets: Encyclopedia

(Note: See dragnet as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (dragnet)

noun:  (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
noun:  (law enforcement) Heightened efforts by law enforcement personnel undertaken in order to capture suspects.
verb:  (fishing, transitive) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
verb:  (law enforcement, transitive) To undertake heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
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