witch-hunt
witch-hunt {n. phr.}
A hysterical movement during which people are persecuted for having views (political or religious) considered different or unpopular.
During the McCarthy era many innocent Americans were accused of being Communists, as Republican patriotism deteriorated into a witch-hunt.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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