arrastão meaning in English — dragnet, trawler, trawling

English meaning

dragnet noun A large net dragged along a riverbed or seabed to catch fish or find objects.
trawler noun A fishing boat equipped with a large net for dragging through the water to catch fish.
trawling noun The practice of catching fish by dragging a large net behind a moving boat.

arrastão is used for these senses in English:

dragnet (fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
flash rob (criminology) A form of organized theft in which a group of people enter a shop en masse and steal merchandise, while the employees are overwhelmed by sheer numbers.
trawler A fishing boat that uses a trawl net or dragnet to catch fish.
trawling A commercial fishing technique in which a net is dragged by a moving boat. Not to be confused with trolling, which drags (one or more) lines.

noun A large net dragged along a riverbed or seabed to catch fish or find objects.
noun A coordinated, wide-scale search by police to catch a suspect.

rasca pesca de arrasto