- a net to be drawn along the bottom of a river, pond, etc., or along the ground, to catch fish, small game, etc.
- a system or network for finding or catching someone, as a criminal wanted by the police.
- a heavy or weighted net used to scour the bottom of a pond, river, etc, as when searching for something
- any system of coordinated efforts by police forces to track down wanted persons
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