dragnet

Example Sentences

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Similarly, in three dozen false arrest lawsuits, Americans caught in the ICE dragnet alleged that officers took them into custody on the basis of cursory computer searches.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr. Raskin accused Mr. Comer of using a “wildly overbroad subpoena” to conduct “a dragnet of political opposition research on behalf of former President Trump.”

From New York Times

But some doctors said that legitimate prescriptions were being caught in the dragnet, while pharmacists said they were declining to dispense some medications for fear of setting off triggers.

From New York Times

The British newspaper reported that the dragnet has resulted in some people, including children, being imprisoned without due process, and that there have been deaths in custody.

From Washington Times

Still, she has legal bills to pay and has grown more frustrated at being ensnared by the state’s Medicaid dragnet.

From Seattle Times