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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Both the book series and the game focus on Geralt of Rivia, a Witcher — or monster hunter — traveling through various countrysides and kingdoms as a combination bounty hunter–slash–freelancer.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 June 2025
Jason Momoa will star alongside Alcock as Lobo, an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
There are a handful of digressions in the category of local color, such as a francophone farmer who cooks haute cuisine and a bounty hunter nicknamed Preacher, who adorns his violent assaults with Bible verses.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
The story splits its time between young Wash's misadventures and the older, adult Wash's tale of first love with a biracial woman, Tanna (Iola Evans), and a brush with danger in the form of bounty hunter, Willard (Billy Boyd).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 May 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 3 June 2025
Jason Momoa will star alongside Alcock as Lobo, an alien mercenary and bounty hunter from the utopian planet of Czarnia in the DC comics.
—Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
There are a handful of digressions in the category of local color, such as a francophone farmer who cooks haute cuisine and a bounty hunter nicknamed Preacher, who adorns his violent assaults with Bible verses.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 20 May 2025
The story splits its time between young Wash's misadventures and the older, adult Wash's tale of first love with a biracial woman, Tanna (Iola Evans), and a brush with danger in the form of bounty hunter, Willard (Billy Boyd).
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 20 May 2025
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“Bounty hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounty%20hunter. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.
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