manhunt
noun
man·hunt
ˈman-ˌhənt 
: an organized and usually intensive hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime
Examples of manhunt in a Sentence
After several days of searching, the sheriff called off the manhunt.
The FBI launched a manhunt to find the kidnappers.
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Luigi Mangione, the alleged gunman, was later apprehended and arrested in Pennsylvania at a McDonald's restaurant after a five-day manhunt.
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Days before he was set to be sentenced, Worrell cut off his ankle monitor in a Walmart parking lot and went on the run, triggering a six-week manhunt that ended in his arrest at his Florida home.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
Mangione was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s after a five-day manhunt.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
He was taken into custody on Thursday after a brief manhunt and is facing one count of of sudden snatching and battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 25 Jan. 2025
Days before he was set to be sentenced, Worrell cut off his ankle monitor in a Walmart parking lot and went on the run, triggering a six-week manhunt that ended in his arrest at his Florida home.
—Ella Lee, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
Mangione was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s after a five-day manhunt.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 Dec. 2024
He was taken into custody on Thursday after a brief manhunt and is facing one count of of sudden snatching and battery on a person 65 years of age or older.
—Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Manhunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhunt. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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manhunt
noun
man·hunt
-ˌhənt
: an organized hunt for a person and especially for one charged with a crime
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