Associations to the word «Dragnet»

Wiktionary

DRAGNET, noun. A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
DRAGNET, noun. Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
DRAGNET, verb. To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
DRAGNET MORTGAGE, noun. Alternative term for anaconda mortgage

Dictionary definition

DRAGNET, noun. A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals); "caught in the police dragnet".
DRAGNET, noun. A conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King