To drag a net across the bottom of a body of water.
To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect.
Heightened efforts by law-enforcement personnel to capture suspects.
A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
To fall to leeward, as the head of a vessel under sail.
To bribe, especially to deter oversight.
To pay back; to repay.
To pay back (repay, pay off) the entirety of a loan, thereby effecting the release of a lien on.
To become worthwhile; to produce a net benefit.