manhunt
Pursuit of escapee
A manhunt is an organized search for a person, typically a fugitive or criminal suspect.
Police conduct manhunts after prison escapes or violent crimes: The manhunt for the escaped convict entered its third day.
Despite the word, manhunts pursue people of any gender.
Rapid following of quarry
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- trailPath through wilderness
- houndHunting dog breed
- tailRear animal appendage
shadowing · stalking · bloodhound · search party · dogs · helicopter · sweep · combing
Professional crime investigator
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
stakeout · informant · dragnet · fingerprint · leads · clues · probe · inquiry
One who fled confinement
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- wantedLonged for
- outlawFugitive from justice
- desperadoBold, reckless outlaw
runaway · absconder · at large · on the run · evader · target · quarry · prey
Civil law enforcement
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
- marshalsOrganizes or assembles
- SWATElite police squad
- tacticalStrategically planned
warrant · arrest · patrol · roadblock · checkpoint · lockdown · cordon · authorities
Secret place of refuge
- safehouseSecure secret shelter
- disguiseIdentity-concealing alteration
- aliasAdopted false name
- incognitoWith identity concealed
underground · cover · eluding · escape · stealth · clandestine · refuge · sanctuary
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- cat-and-mouseProlonged strategic pursuit
- proceduralFollowing set steps
- crime dramaFiction about lawbreaking
mystery · whodunit · cliffhanger · antagonist · psychopath · serial killer · plot · twist
chase
Rapid following of quarry
tail · shadowing · stalking · bloodhound · search party · dogs · helicopter · sweep · combing · scouring
detective
Professional crime investigator
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- trackingMonitoring location over time
- forensicsScientific crime-scene analysis
evidence · stakeout · informant · dragnet · fingerprint · leads · clues · probe · inquiry · sleuthing
escapee
One who fled confinement
desperado · runaway · absconder · at large · on the run · evader · target · quarry · prey · dangerous
police
Civil law enforcement
tactical · warrant · arrest · patrol · roadblock · checkpoint · lockdown · cordon · authorities · officers
hideout
Secret place of refuge
incognito · underground · cover · eluding · escape · stealth · clandestine · refuge · sanctuary · laying low
suspense
Anxious uncertainty about outcomes
- tensionStretched or strained state
- cat-and-mouseProlonged strategic pursuit
- proceduralFollowing set steps
crime drama · mystery · whodunit · cliffhanger · antagonist · psychopath · serial killer · plot · twist · climax
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- public alertsemergency broadcast, wireless alert, text alert, civil emergency, terror alert
- dragnet methodsroundup, sting operation, mass arrest
- playground gamestag, hide and seek, hopscotch, freeze, capture the flag
- crimerobbery, accomplice, alibi, burglary, conspiracy
- crime investigationdetective, whodunit, investigation, detectives, investigator
manhuntrescue mission
Operation to save someone
search and rescue · rescue operation · relief effort · evacuation · humanitarian mission
manhuntsheltering
Protecting from elements
harboring · sanctuary · asylum · protective custody · witness protection
manhuntsurrender
Cease resistance, yield
dispersal · stand-down · cessation · retreat · abandonment