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bounty hunter

noun

a person who hunts outlaws or wild animals for the bounty offered for capturing or killing them.
a person who seeks a reward for recovering valuable property.
Slang. a salesman or agent who works for a fee or commission.

First recorded in 1955–60

A bounty hunter told AFP that the suspected Texan could very well be Everett Livvix of Robinson, Illinois.

The state of Idaho paid a bounty hunter to kill wolves in the Salmon River country.

The bounty hunter found his fandom through small appearances.

No German bounty hunter ever teamed up with a slave to kill wanted men and claim the reward for their corpses.

That raises the question of whether the killer was, or wanted to be, a bounty hunter.

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