What a criminal says when cornered by the law.

When Donald Trump doesn't like being accused of what he has done, he often deflects to claiming that Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama has done something wrong. When people get bored of this, he instead refers to the ongoing investigation of himself as a "witch hunt". The "witch hunt" has resulted in lots of indictments and guilty pleas for various colluders.

The term "Witch hunt" keeps changing meaning. The term originally used to refer to witch hunting during the medieval times, when innocent women accused of being "witches" were burnt or drowned. Later the term was used about the practice of accusing people of something they hadn't done. Now Donald Trump uses this term to refer to the ongoing FBI investigation and the juridical process against people connected to Trump.
It is a witch hunt! (President Richard Nixon, during the Watergate scandal)
It is a witch hunt! (President Donald Trump, during the Russian Collusion scandal)
by JanOtto July 25, 2018
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where you hunt someone down for something they done, in-game > killing them continuously every round to prevent them from winning/getting kills
also says rude things to you/about you and makes fun of you
idiot: I propose a witch-hunt on >insert name here<
his friends: this will be fun
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it is when a girl dresses like a witch and you fuck her up the ass on a broom stick
Damn, i should have went a witch hunt with her.
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Originating from Las Vegas, a term used when a group of males go out to the many fine strip club establishments, and spend all their money on the stripper succubi.
"You coming to the witch hunt Tuesday?" "Oh hell yeah, I haven't been on a witch hunt in ages!"

"Fast cars and dubstep are recommended for a witch hunt."
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An interesting series of events that occurs after someone accuses another person of being emo. It doesn't matter if the person was joking or was serious, it will lead to a seemingly endless chain of finger pointing. No one is safe, any action, piece of clothing, Cd, friendship, personality trait or incident in the past or present can be brought up. There are several known ways to end an Emo witch hunt.
1. Accuse someone who is not present.
2. Say very loudly " Emos are SO weird".
3. Take the hit and say admit what you've done *

The accusation process of an Emo witch hunt is similar to that of the Salem Witch trials. Lets just say the motto is " When under pressure, blame the person to your right.

*This method is very dangerous to your social standing. You could be known as the "Emo Kid" for a while. However if this doesn't bother you, feel free to use this method, if you are scared do not use it.
Jen: Amanda you are so emo.
Amanda: I'm not emo! You're the one who wears those chucks with Dashboard Confessional lyrics written on them.
Jen: *gasps* Well John cried at the end of Donnie Darko!
All: Ohhhhh!
John: Once at the library, Frank was checking out the Hawthorne Heights Cd.
*Everyone looks at Frank*
Frank: Oh yeah? Mandy hangs out with Emo Emily!
*Everyone turns to Mandy*
Mandy: Bob wrote wrote poetry for a week straight after Samantha dumped him!
Samantha: you did?!
Bob: ...
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Ending #1
Bob: At least none of us are like Randy! Look at his glasses!
*Everyone laughs*
John: Randy is so lame!
Samantha: Bob, I hope you know that our breaking up was for the best.
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Ending # 2
Bob: *loudly* Emos are SO weird.
*everyone shuts up*
Jen: That is so true.
Samantha: So you didnt write poems?
Bob: No! What kind of loser does that?
Samantha: Oh.
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Ending # 3
Bob:...Ok, so I did write poems. I guess that makes me "emo".
*Everyone teases Bob for a few moments*
Samantha- *turns to Bob* So...you wrote poems? Maybe you have changed, I would love to see them.
Bob- Is Friday night ok?
Samantha- It's a date.

* While this is going on, the kid who likes Rites of Spring laughs to himself and whispers "Gotta love the Emo Witch Hunts!"
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A term adopted by politicians designed to gaslight Americans in to believing crimes are not real.
These criminals have been calling every crime a witch hunt but we know they’re guilty.
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When someone tries to frame you or pin you for something they have either no proof of or fabricated evidence of. Aware that what they have wouldn’t hold up in court they instead try to harass, defame, bully, threaten and stalk you.

Much like the phenomenon known as “Swatting” except much worse, as this leads to persistent harassment of the individuals involved with their reputations being either damaged or destroyed and with their sense of security feeling incredibly undermined, leaving them alienated.
Person 1: “Did you hear about all those people arrested for protesting? It’s a good thing they found out that the hacker group Modified Elephant were the culprits or they would have served time in prison for threatening Modi. Those people’s reputations and lives are destroyed as a result of that witch hunt.”
Person 2: “I’m just glad I haven’t pissed off any black hat hackers lately. I’d hate for that to happen to me.”
by Burned_by_Witchhunters November 19, 2022
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