bounty hunter
noun phrase

- one who pursues a criminal or fugitive for whom a reward is offered

- one who hunts predatory animals in order to collect a bounty

American Heritage Dictionary

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bounty
noun

- a sum of money paid as a reward

Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

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In the American Wild West where local sheriffs didn’t have the resources to track down outlaws like the infamous Jesse James, so-called “wanted” posters offered a reward to anyone who could capture the fugitive. Really dangerous outlaws were put in the “wanted dead or alive” category.

Hollywood has romanticised bounty hunters as cynical loners in classic films such Sergio Leone’s spaghetti western “For A Few Dollars More” with Clint Eastwood.

As of the 21st century, bounty hunting for criminals is still practiced in the United States, India, and the Philippines. In most other countries it is illegal and classified as kidnapping.

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SYNONYMS

criminal hunter, fugitive hunter, fugitive recovery agent — bail agent, bail agency enforcer, bail recovery agent, bail bondsman

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Practice OWAD in an English conversation, say something like:

“If you want to be A BOUNTY HUNTER, you’ll have to move to the U.S., India, or the Philippines.”

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