bulge vs dragnet

bulge

noun
  • The bilge of a vessel. 

  • The outline of male genitals visible through clothing. 

  • A sudden rise in value or quantity. 

  • Something sticking out from a surface; a swelling, protuberant part; a bending outward, especially when caused by pressure. 

  • The bilge or protuberant part of a cask. 

verb
  • To bilge, as a ship; to founder. 

  • To stick out from (a surface). 

dragnet

noun
  • A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water. 

  • Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects. 

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

  • To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water. 

How often have the words bulge and dragnet occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )