English Vocabulary: Witch Hunt. This phrase goes way back to the 1400s when people hunted witches and put them on trial for witchcraft. Learn more here. Today we use it in a similar way but for today’s political ideas that are not popular. It is usually used in a negative way.
WITCH HUNT
- find and punish someone who are seen as not following the social rules of society
- persecute a group of people for having different ideas.
- bring attention to people who do not follow the same ideas as the larger part of society.
- It is said that Donald Trump will do a witch hunt for anyone who doesn’t show their loyalty to him.
- I think it’s really unfare that they imprison some people for their ideas. It’s a witch hunt!
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