witch hunt
noun[C]
disapprovinguk/ˈwɪtʃ ˌhʌnt/us/ˈwɪtʃ ˌhʌnt/anattempttofindandpunishpeoplewhoseopinionsareunpopularand who are said to be adangertosociety:
对反对派的搜捕；政治迫害InAmerica, Senator McCarthyledawitchhuntagainstpeoplesuspectedof being communists.在美国，参议员麦卡锡发动了一场对共产党嫌疑分子的迫害。
Searching
- -seeking
- beachcomb
- beachcomber
- beachcombing
- body search
- bounty hunter
- divine
- hunting ground
- keepyour/aneye out forsomeone/somethingidiom
- leave no stone unturnedidiom
- manhunt
- mudlark
- needle
- scout
- scratch
- scrounge around
- search
- seeksomeone/somethingout
- seeker
- troll