dragnet

Word parts

drag + net

Noun

Singular dragnet

Plural dragnets

1. (fishing) A dragnet is a net that is dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
2. (law enforcement) A dragnet is the heightened efforts to capture suspects.

Verb

Plain form dragnet

Third-person singular dragnets

Past tense dragnetted

Past participle dragnetted

Present participle dragnetting

1. (intransitive) (fishing) If you dragnet, you drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
2. (intransitive) (law enforcement) If the police dragnets, they make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.