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witch-hunt

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1. witch-hunt - Noun

2. witch-hunt - Verb

Meaning

searching out and harassing dissenters

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witch hunt

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According to some theories, the spirit of early capitalism in the tar-producing province of Ostrobothnia may have been the reason for the witch-hunt wave that happened in this region during the late 17th century. Source: Internet

All the stakeholders need to appreciate that the process which has led to the aforementioned former officials going on early retirement was not a witch hunt. Source: Internet

“Anise is being targetted by a hyper-partisan witch hunt similar to what just happened to President Trump in Washington D.C. by a weaponized Secretary of State,” the statement says. Source: Internet

Although it has been proposed that the witch-hunt developed in Europe from the early 14th century, after the Cathars and the Templar Knights were suppressed, this hypothesis has been rejected independently by two historians (Cohn 1975; Kieckhefer 1976). Source: Internet

Antonio Magi, the president of the Rome Order of Doctors, told La Repubblica: “It is not a witch-hunt, but I have the ethical obligation to sanction those who declare falsehoods. Source: Internet

A witch hunt is a search for suspected or alleged witches, or similar political accusations. Source: Internet

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