bounty hunter
noun
1
: one who tracks down and captures outlaws for whom a reward is offered
2
: one who hunts predatory animals for the reward offered
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However, ruthless bounty hunter Leo Bonhart has already murdered the gang.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
In Tracker, Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a professional bounty hunter with a fractured family and a complicated love life, but in real life, the actor is a husband and father.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Fans of Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett are about to have their wishes granted.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The bounty hunter kills some random dudes who are dumb enough to cross him and steals a Falka doll from some little girls who have adopted the Rats as folk heroes.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
In Tracker, Justin Hartley stars as Colter Shaw, a professional bounty hunter with a fractured family and a complicated love life, but in real life, the actor is a husband and father.
—Katie Mannion, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
Fans of Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett are about to have their wishes granted.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025
The bounty hunter kills some random dudes who are dumb enough to cross him and steals a Falka doll from some little girls who have adopted the Rats as folk heroes.
—Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bounty hunter
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“Bounty hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounty%20hunter. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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