English-Finnish translations for witch-hunt

• noitavaino
  Vihreiden Kroesiin kohdistama noitavaino vaatii vastausta. The witch-hunt by the Greens against Mrs Kroes demands a response.
  Pelkään, että jos nyt äänestämme sen puolesta, että ftalaattit leluissa kielletään, syntyy noitavaino kaikenlaisia aineita vastaan, ilman että sille on tieteellistä perustaa. I fear that if we now vote in favour of a ban on phthalates, this will unleash a witch-hunt against all kinds of substances, without any scientific basis.

Definition of witch-hunt

• A search for people believed to be using sorcery or harmful magic, especially in order to punish them
• An attempt to find and publicly punish a group of people perceived as a threat, usually on ideological or political grounds
• A public smear-campaign against an individual

Related words

• witch-hazel
• witch-hunting
• American witch-hazel