manhunt

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun An organized search for a criminal or enemy.

   After the murderer escaped, there was a full-scale manhunt to catch him.

2. noun A variant of hide and seek in which a player who is caught by the seeker themselves becomes a seeker, and the final player remaining is declared the winner.

Similar words

hunted hunt hunting chasing tracing trace tracking chase pursuit pursuing

Often followed by

for in was and that to of is by

Word family

manhunts