dragnet vs run after

dragnet

verb
  • To make heightened efforts to catch a suspect. 

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

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

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

run after

verb
  • To follow quickly, often in an effort to catch or catch up with (someone or something). 

  • To endeavour to find or obtain. 

  • To make a determined effort to win someone's affections or to have a sexual relationship with them. 

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