Definition of licence hunt in English:

licence hunt

noun

Australian historical

A police inspection to ensure that anyone engaged in gold-mining has a permit.
the commissioner stepped up licence hunts and ordered that fines be substantially increased
Example sentencesExamples
- The commissioner responded by ordering a licence hunt the next day.
- The authorities attempted a licence hunt but were met by a throng of diggers ready to resist.
- Another licence-hunt was conducted in heat-wave temperatures.
- There was the wrongful arrest during a licence hunt of a crippled servant of the local Catholic priest.
- They had burned their mining licences in a show of solidarity and were expecting the authorities to undertake a licence hunt.
- He ordered that licence hunts become the order of the day.
- He resented the once-a-month licence hunt and, in particular, the manner of its execution.
- He set up business on the day of the licence hunt which precipitated the Eureka uprising.
- He scathingly condemned what he called the unaccountable outrage of a licence hunt at the point of the bayonet.
- They also sought an end to licence hunts.

词汇	licence hunt
释义	Definition of licence hunt in English: licence hunt noun Australian historical A police inspection to ensure that anyone engaged in gold-mining has a permit. the commissioner stepped up licence hunts and ordered that fines be substantially increased Example sentencesExamples The commissioner responded by ordering a licence hunt the next day. The authorities attempted a licence hunt but were met by a throng of diggers ready to resist. Another licence-hunt was conducted in heat-wave temperatures. There was the wrongful arrest during a licence hunt of a crippled servant of the local Catholic priest. They had burned their mining licences in a show of solidarity and were expecting the authorities to undertake a licence hunt. He ordered that licence hunts become the order of the day. He resented the once-a-month licence hunt and, in particular, the manner of its execution. He set up business on the day of the licence hunt which precipitated the Eureka uprising. He scathingly condemned what he called the unaccountable outrage of a licence hunt at the point of the bayonet. They also sought an end to licence hunts.
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