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  • noun Plural form of manhunter.

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Examples

  • He ran the "manhunters" - essentially, that is, he was the leader of a team of assassins and evidently part of what reporter Seymour Hersh has termed an "executive assassination wing" of that command, possibly taking orders directly from Vice President Dick Cheney.

    Countercurrents.org 2009

  • "manhunters" - essentially, that is, he was the leader of a team of assassins and evidently part of what reporter Seymour Hersh has termed an

    TomDispatch 2009

  • And don't forget, President Obama is now presiding over an expanding war in which "manhunters" engaging in systematic assassination programs will not only be on the ground but, thanks to the CIA's escalating program of targeted assassination by robot aircraft, in the skies over the Pakistani tribal borderlands.

    Tom Engelhardt: Obama Looses the Manhunters 2009

  • The secret force of "manhunters" he commanded had its own secret detention and interrogation center near Baghdad, Camp Nama, where bad things happened regularly, and the unit there, Task Force 6-26, had its own slogan: "If you don't make them bleed, they can't prosecute for it."

    Tom Engelhardt: Going for Broke 2009

  • And don't forget, President Obama is now presiding over an expanding war in which "manhunters" engaging in systematic assassination programs will not only be on the ground but, thanks to the CIA's escalating program of targeted assassination by robot aircraft, in the skies over the Pakistani tribal borderlands.

    Obama Looses the Manhunters: Charisma and the Imperial Presidency 2009

  • And don't forget, President Obama is now presiding over an expanding war in which "manhunters" engaging in systematic assassination programs will not only be on the ground but, thanks to the CIA's robot aircraft, in the skies over the Pakistani tribal borderlands.

    unknown title 2009

  • And don't forget, President Obama is now presiding over an expanding war in which "manhunters" engaging in systematic assassination programs will not only be on the ground but, thanks to the CIA's robot aircraft, in the skies over the Pakistani tribal borderlands.

    unknown title 2009

  • And don't forget, President Obama is now presiding over an expanding war in which "manhunters" engaging in systematic assassination programs will not only be on the ground but, thanks to the CIA's robot aircraft, in the skies over the Pakistani tribal borderlands.

    TomDispatch 2009

  • His operatives were referred to, more or less politely, as “manhunters.”

    Tom Engelhardt: An American World of War: What to Watch for in 2010 2010

  • In the meantime, our new president has loosed the manhunters.

    Obama Looses the Manhunters: Charisma and the Imperial Presidency 2009

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