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Witch-hunt

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Phraseologism: Witch-hunt.

Meaning: About the persecution of someone on an unjust charge, about the search for imaginary enemies.

Origin: Tracing paper from the English "witch-hunt". It goes back to the practice of medieval religious fanaticism, to the courts of the Inquisition, in which women accused (on false denunciations) of witchcraft were subjected to terrible trials and sentenced to be burned at the stake.

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Incitement to action (iron.).

Origin:

The name of a Danish comic action film (1965, in Soviet distribution since 1969), filmed by director Erik Balling (b. 1924) according to his own script (with the participation of J. Bent and B. Henning).

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