a witch-hunt

an attempt to find and punish people who have opinions that are believed to be dangerous Senator McCarthy led a witch-hunt against suspected communists during the 1950's.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Birgitte	-	Danish, Norwegian
OtÁVio	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Ignatz	-	German
Timur	tee-MOOR (Russian)	History, Tatar, Chechen, Kazakh, Uzbek, Russian
Heather	HE-dhər	English
Wayne	WAYN	English