魔ま女じょ狩がり

noun

witch hunt (historical persecution)

Refers to the historical persecution of people accused of witchcraft, especially in medieval Europe and colonial America.

• ヨーロッパの魔ま女じょ狩がりでは多おおくの無む実じつの人ひとが処しょ刑けいされた。

  Many innocent people were executed in the European witch hunts.

noun

witch hunt (modern figurative)

Figurative use for the persecution or scapegoating of people seen as a threat to society, often in political or social contexts.

• 冷れい戦せん時じ代だいには共きょう産さん主しゅ義ぎ者しゃに対たいする魔ま女じょ狩がりが行おこなわれた。

  During the Cold War, there was a witch hunt against communists.