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witch-hunt N

1. witch-hunt:

witch-hunt

对行巫者的搜捕 duì xíngwūzhě de sōubǔ

2. witch-hunt:

witch-hunt

政治迫害 zhèngzhì pòhài

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At that time he apologized to victims of his literary witch-hunt campaigns in the past. en.wikipedia.org

To indulge in the witch-hunt metaphor now, however, would be to lose sight of the all too literal events on which it's based. www.usatoday.com

Alternative media organizations have condemned the arrests, some calling them a witch-hunt, aimed at disrupting and discrediting political movements. en.wikipedia.org

However, the witch-hunt was not over. en.wikipedia.org

According to him, his intention is not a witch-hunt, but to discover the truth and to ask for a historical apology from the victims. en.wikipedia.org

But there would be no witch-hunt against the losers. www.independent.co.uk

Dyers denied he was guilty of the charges against him, saying that they were the result of former members trying to destroy him as part of a witch-hunt. en.wikipedia.org

Ethnographic literature has used the term sorcerer-hunt, which is used equivalent to witch-hunt. en.wikipedia.org

This theme was quickly picked up by several evening papers, and reached the proportions of a witch-hunt. en.wikipedia.org

Victims of the witch-hunt felt differently, however. en.wikipedia.org

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