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 leave high and dry on shore.
To file a legal action against someone, generally a non-criminal action.
To clean (the beak, etc.).
To seek by request; to make application; to petition; to entreat; to plead.