HyperDic: witch-hunt

English > 1 sense of the word witch-hunt:
NOUNactwitch-huntsearching / searching out and harassing dissenters
English > witch-hunt: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaningsearching / searching out and harassing dissenters.
NarrowerMcCarthyismunscrupulously accusing / accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists)
Broaderharassment, molestationThe act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks / attacks and criticism
Spanishcaza de brujas
Catalancaça de bruixes

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