dragnetting

Verb

dragnet (third-person singular simple present dragnets, present participle dragnetting, simple past and past participle dragnetted)

1. (transitive) To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
   • When ponds are cleaned out periodically, fish are trapped or dragnetted and finally the pond is drained to remove all fish.2013, Brian Andrews, Ornamental Fish Farming
2. (figuratively, transitive) To undertake a heightened effort to catch a suspect.
   • In fact, Carty was not the man, but, after a police swoop had dragnetted twenty men suspected of having taken part in the business, he was lodged in Sligo jail and accused of this violence to the lady.2010, Florence O'Donoghue, IRA Jailbreaks 1918-1921, →ISBN, page 164

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