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One pursuing a criminal for reward
Answer for the clue "One pursuing a criminal for reward ", 13 letters:
bounty hunter
Word definitions for bounty hunter in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A bounty hunter (sometimes called a bounty killer ) is a person who captures fugitives and criminals for a monetary reward ( bounty ). This occupation, seen almost exclusively in the United States, is also known as bail enforcement agent , bail agent , ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ This is where the present bounty hunter story has become confused.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A person who catches criminals and brings them to the police in return for a reward.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered a hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty
Usage examples of bounty hunter.
Do you really want to be sitting out in the middle of empty space in a crippled ship, while every bounty hunter in the galaxy heads this way to try and lift that valuable piece of hard merchandise off you?
I may not be quite the bounty hunter that Boba Fett is, but I got at least a few of the necessary skills.
I wasn't sure that a bounty hunter's license was enough to get him through an airport metal detector, so he shouldn't have been able to have a gun or large blade on him.
Han's ready to blow Vader up, but Sodarra has an ace up his sleeve: Goot, he reveals, is a bounty hunter Vader's been known to hire.
Of course, Garland put his head in the noose by bringing the bounty hunter to the Mission Street building.
After leaving the bounty hunter, Han had found a bar owner whod allowed the Corellian to use his comm unit, in return for a couple of credits.
Normally Roddy hid the hideous scars, but the crowd's gasps and mumbles sounded immensely satisfying to the wretched bounty hunter.