manhunts
Organized criminal pursuits
Manhunts is the plural of manhunt—an organized search for a person, typically a fugitive or criminal suspect.
The term evokes large-scale pursuit involving law enforcement, tracking dogs, and sometimes public appeals: The manhunts for the escaped prisoners lasted three days.
Despite the name, manhunts target people of any gender.
One fleeing authorities
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- escapeFlight from captivity
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- searchAct of seeking
dragnet · tracker · posse · bloodhound · warrant · APB · hideout · apprehension
Armed group pursuing fugitives
- outlawFugitive from justice
- frontierEdge of settlement
- Wild WestAmerica's lawless frontier era
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
wanted poster · reward · vigilante · lynching · tracking · horseback · Jesse James · Billy the Kid
One who follows trails
- search partyGroup seeking someone lost
- terrainLand's physical features
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- woodsForested area
swamp · helicopter · K-9 · footprints · scent · rescue · lost · mountain
Act of removing
- targetObject of pursuit
- operativeCovert field agent
- special forcesElite unconventional warfare troops
- intelligenceMental ability, cognitive capacity
compound · raid · surveillance · Bin Laden · covert · Navy SEALs · informant · safe house
Factual film about reality
- true crimeGenre covering actual offenses
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
- America's Most WantedFugitive-hunting television series
serial killer · investigation · profiler · tip line · reward · CCTV · surveillance footage · interview
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
search · dragnet · tracker · posse · bloodhound · warrant · APB · hideout · apprehension · capture
posse
Armed group pursuing fugitives
sheriff · wanted poster · reward · vigilante · lynching · tracking · horseback · Jesse James · Billy the Kid · hideout
tracker
One who follows trails
- search partyGroup seeking someone lost
- terrainLand's physical features
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
woods · swamp · helicopter · K-9 · footprints · scent · rescue · lost · mountain · tracking dogs
extraction
Act of removing
- targetObject of pursuit
- operativeCovert field agent
- special forcesElite unconventional warfare troops
intelligence · compound · raid · surveillance · Bin Laden · covert · Navy SEALs · informant · safe house · mission
documentary
Factual film about reality
- true crimeGenre covering actual offenses
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
America's Most Wanted · serial killer · investigation · profiler · tip line · reward · CCTV · surveillance footage · interview · cold case
- police workpatrol, arrests, arrest, stings, investigation
- policingpatrol, police powers, arrests, police officer, arrest
- thrillerssuspense, thriller, nail-biter, page-turner, cliffhanger
- criminalsmurderer, thief, burglar, criminal, killer
- homicidehomicide, murder rate, murder rates, homicide rate, homicide rates
- International Law EnforcementInterpol, Europol, extradition, police cooperation, red notices
manhuntsescapes
Acts of fleeing
getaways · evasions · flights · going underground · disappearances
manhuntsstanding down
Relinquishing a position
surveillance · monitoring · casual observation · stakeouts · neighborhood watches
manhuntswitness protection
Hiding those who testified
safe harbor · sanctuary · asylum · sheltering · harboring