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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca