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dragnet

English

  1. 🔊 a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
    “caught in the police dragnet”
  2. 🔊 a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths

Spanish

  1. 🔊 chinchorro dragnet

Similar words

trawl trawl net abduction apprehension arrest arrestation bait birdlime bola capture catch catching cobweb collaring coup domiciliary visit exploration fishhook fly forage forcible seizure frisk gill net grab