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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While fleeing a bounty hunter, Black travels the world, developing his skills in science and engineering and falling in love.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 July 2025
The series follows a bold young bounty hunter who commits a crime to gain access to the prison with the sole purpose of saving her brother, who has been sentenced there.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
But bounty hunters get wind of the breakout—Rust has long been a wanted man—and give chase.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 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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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 July 2025
The series follows a bold young bounty hunter who commits a crime to gain access to the prison with the sole purpose of saving her brother, who has been sentenced there.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
But bounty hunters get wind of the breakout—Rust has long been a wanted man—and give chase.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 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 31 Aug. 2025.
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