bounty hunternoun [ C ]
uk/ˈbaʊn.ti ˌhʌn.tər/us/ˈbaʊn.t̬i ˌhʌn.t̬ɚ/someone who searches for criminals or hunts animals in exchange for a reward
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Searching
- a needle in a haystack idiom
- beachcomber
- burrow
- cast around
- delve
- dig
- drag
- nose
- pick
- pick through sth
- poke
- poke around
- quest
- seek
- trail
- turn a place inside out idiom
- turn sth upside down idiom
- wanted
- wild-goose chase
- witch hunt
See more results »
Examples from literature
- Bounty hunters made a lot of money catching offenders.