on a witch hunt

be on a witch hunt

To seek to blame and punish people who hold unpopular views and opinions, often under the guise of some other investigation. So the ruling party is doing "necessary investigations" to stop sedition. Please, they're on a witch hunt against their detractors. These baseless claims are part of an organized smear campaign by disgruntled fans who are on a witch hunt against members of the cast they don't like! He keeps trying to discredit us by saying we're on a witch hunt, but we have concrete evidence that he embezzled money from the company!

See also: hunt, on, witch

on a witch hunt

Seeking to blame and punish people who hold unpopular views and opinions, often under the guise of some other investigation. So the ruling party is doing "necessary investigations" to stop sedition? Please, they're on a witch hunt against their detractors. These baseless claims are part of an organized smear campaign by disgruntled fans on a witch hunt against members of the cast they don't like!

See also: hunt, on, witch

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