dragnet vs pitfall

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. 

pitfall

noun
  • A type of trap consisting of a concealed pit in the ground, which the victim is supposed to fall into and not be able to get out from. 

  • A potential, unsuspected, hidden problem, hazard, or danger that is easily encountered but not immediately obvious. 

  • An antipattern. 

  • Subsidence below ground in a mine, which can cause the ground level above to drop. 

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