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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Dwayne Johnson joined the Fast and Furious franchise as the resourceful, courageous and intelligent US Diplomatic Security Service agent and bounty hunter Luke Hobbs in Fast Five.
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell leads the cast as optimistic Vault-dweller Lucy, who is forced to the surface to rescue her father, opposite Walton Goggins, who plays the Ghoul, a bounty hunter who mutated and has survived the 200 years since the Great War.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell stars as survivor Lucy, with Walton Goggins as bounty hunter The Ghoul.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Aug. 2025
Officials around the state pay bounty hunters to help control Burmese python populations and have attached tracking devices to male snakes, which leads them to egg-laying females.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
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Skyler Trepel, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell leads the cast as optimistic Vault-dweller Lucy, who is forced to the surface to rescue her father, opposite Walton Goggins, who plays the Ghoul, a bounty hunter who mutated and has survived the 200 years since the Great War.
—Selome Hailu, Variety, 18 Aug. 2025
Ella Purnell stars as survivor Lucy, with Walton Goggins as bounty hunter The Ghoul.
—Ryan Schwartz, TVLine, 18 Aug. 2025
Officials around the state pay bounty hunters to help control Burmese python populations and have attached tracking devices to male snakes, which leads them to egg-laying females.
—Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 5 Aug. 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 11 Sep. 2025.
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