Definitions for witch-hunt

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Spelling: [wich-huhnt]

IPA: /ˈwɪtʃˌhʌnt/

Witch-Hunt is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 122 anagrams from letters in witch-hunt (-chhinttuw).

Definitions for witch-hunt

noun

1. witch hunt.
2. an intensive effort to discover and expose disloyalty, subversion, dishonesty, or the like, usually based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.

verb (used with object)

1. to subject to a witch hunt.

Origin of witch-hunt

First recorded in 1925-30

Examples for witch-hunt

What kind of witch-hunt or ‘justice denied’ results in no charges whatsoever?

Legal proceedings are about process; so is The witch-hunt Narrative.

In her mind, the entire ordeal was a witch-hunt led by the local authorities.

In The witch-hunt Narrative, Ross E. Cheit argues the media and courts have gone too far in dismissing evidence of abuse.