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- Dictionarywitch-hunt/ˈwɪtʃhʌnt/
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- 1. a campaign directed against a person or group holding views considered unorthodox or a threat to society: "he claimed he was the victim of a media witch-hunt"
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A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. Practicing evil spells or incantations was proscribed and punishable in early human civilizations in the Middle East. In medieval Europe, witch-hunts often arose in connection to charges of heresy from Christianity. An intensive period of witch-hunts occurring in Early Moder... Wikipedia