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dragnet
THESAURUS
dragnet
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, grabbing, ground bait, hold, hook, house-search, hunt, hunting, jig, kidnapping, lariat, lasso, lime, lure, meshes, nabbing, net, noose, perquisition, picking up, plug, posse, pound net, power grab, prehension, probe, purse seine, quest, ransacking, rummage, running in, search, search party, search warrant, search-and-destroy operation, searching, seine, seizure, seizure of power, snare, snatch, snatching, sniggle, spinner, springe, squid, stalk, stalking, still hunt, taking in, taking into custody, toils, trawl, turning over, wobblerROGET THESAURUS
dragnet
Generality
N generality, generalization, universality, catholicity, catholicism, miscellany, miscellaneousness, dragnet, common run, worldwideness, everyone, everybody, all hands, all the world and his wife, anybody, N or M, all sorts, prevalence, run, general, generic, collective, broad, comprehensive, sweeping, encyclopedical, widespread, universal, catholic, catholical, common, worldwide, ecumenical, oecumenical, transcendental, prevalent, prevailing, rife, epidemic, besetting, all over, covered with, Pan-American, Anglican, Pan-Hellenic, Pan-Germanic, slavic, panharmonic, every, all, unspecified, impersonal, customary, whatever, whatsoever, to a man, one and all, generally, always, for better for worse, in general, generally speaking, speaking generally, for the most part, in the long run.For further exploring for "dragnet" in Webster Dictionary Online