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n. - An organized search (by police) for a person (charged with a crime).

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  • Justice Cynthia Aaron dissented, saying the term manhunt suggested that law enforcement was involved.
  • They have a game they call manhunt and I think that they play with those.
  • A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.
  • From BBC News: A manhunt is under way in western Germany for a convicted drug dealer who escaped by mailing himself out of jail.
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