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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Veo Kelly, 20, of Stuyvesant Heights ended a five-day manhunt by turning himself in to police with an attorney Friday morning, the NYPD said.
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Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Probably several thousand people were involved or involved themselves in the manhunt for Booth.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The inmate and shooter are believed to have escaped together, triggering a manhunt.
—S. Dev, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
After an 11-day manhunt that ended in Indiana, the jail's former assistant director, Vicky White, shot herself in the head rather than face capture.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2024
Multi-state manhunt underway:Squatters accused of killing woman inside NYC apartment on run
Autopsy will determine how Riley Strain died
An autopsy is pending by the Davidson County Medical Examiner's Office to determine Strain's cause and manner of death, police said.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Following a 36-hour manhunt, the inmate, Skylar Meade, and the alleged shooter, Nicholas Umphenour, were captured Thursday afternoon in Twin Falls, Idaho, two hours away from where Meade escaped as he was discharged from Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, authorities said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Charles survived a bullet to the back and claimed that a Black man had attacked him and his wife, setting of a racist manhunt across Boston.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Matthew Boyle plays Booth; Tobias Menzies is Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War, who also led the manhunt; and Hamish Linklater plays Lincoln, mostly in flashback.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024
Natalie Kainz, NBC News, 22 Mar. 2024
Probably several thousand people were involved or involved themselves in the manhunt for Booth.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The inmate and shooter are believed to have escaped together, triggering a manhunt.
—S. Dev, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2024
After an 11-day manhunt that ended in Indiana, the jail's former assistant director, Vicky White, shot herself in the head rather than face capture.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2024
Multi-state manhunt underway:Squatters accused of killing woman inside NYC apartment on run
Autopsy will determine how Riley Strain died
An autopsy is pending by the Davidson County Medical Examiner's Office to determine Strain's cause and manner of death, police said.
—USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2024
Following a 36-hour manhunt, the inmate, Skylar Meade, and the alleged shooter, Nicholas Umphenour, were captured Thursday afternoon in Twin Falls, Idaho, two hours away from where Meade escaped as he was discharged from Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise, authorities said.
—Dalia Faheid, CNN, 22 Mar. 2024
Charles survived a bullet to the back and claimed that a Black man had attacked him and his wife, setting of a racist manhunt across Boston.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Matthew Boyle plays Booth; Tobias Menzies is Edwin Stanton, Lincoln’s Secretary of War, who also led the manhunt; and Hamish Linklater plays Lincoln, mostly in flashback.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2024
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“Manhunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/manhunt. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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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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