search party

English

Noun

search party (plural search parties)

A group of people who search for someone or something lost.
After their daughter went missing, her parents sent out a search party after her.
- 1978 November 17, 1:26:38 from the start, in The Star Wars Holiday Special‎ (Science Fiction), →OCLC:
  Is this a report about the missing trooper?
  It is, sir. Trooper B Four Seven Eleven was here with three other men. They left and he remained. And soon as they had gone, he packed a lot of food from this house and he robbed me blind. Then he took off to the hills.
  Very well. We'll send out a search party.

Translations

group of people who search for someone or something lost

German: Suchmannschaft f
Icelandic: leitarhópur
Swedish: skallgångskedja c

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