Internet hunt

Noun

Internet hunt (plural Internet hunts)

1. The practice of hunting animals by controlling a firearm over the Internet.
   • Mr Giles says he is honoured that Mr Lockwood, a friend and co-worker, chose him for the first internet hunt — even if Mr Lockwood had to grab his rifle and finish off that wild hog after Mr Giles's first shot didn't quite do the job.2005 March 3, “Virtual adrenalin”, in The Economist
   • The next internet hunt is scheduled for April 9. Dale Hagberg, 38, from Indiana, who has been paralysed from the chin down for 18 years, will use a joystick operated by his mouth to shoot at a blackbuck antelope.2005 March 20, Toby Harnden, “Hunters queue up to shoot live animals over the internet”, in The Telegraph
2. An Internet-based scavenger hunt.
3. A collective search for a person by Internet users; attempted doxxing.
   • One, a professor of psychology at the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, called for an "Internet hunt for the immoral foreigner" and called repeatedly for the man to be "found and kicked out of China!!!"2006 June 4, “From flash mob to lynch mob”, in CNN, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2020
   • Naked shark straddler sparks internet hunt2017 May 12, Daily Mercury, archived from the original on 22 Jun 2020