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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Despite what the title of the anthology may suggest, Lucasfilm Animation isn't glorifying mercenaries and bounty hunters here… even if most of this episode is an awesome, explosive heist scene.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 May 2025
In pursuit of her latest target, Kumail Nanjiani's Colin Graves, this bounty hunter is left stranded on the planet Sempiria.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Desperate enough to hire a bounty hunter Patricia Wentzel, who serves on Sacramento County’s mental health board, has blasted Cooper’s stance as discriminatory, given that law enforcement responds to other non-criminal crises involving people with dementia or developmental disabilities.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
Law enforcement including a Marshall played by Josh Hopkins and a bounty hunter played by Travis Fimmel pursue the pair south.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 2 May 2025
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 12 May 2025
In pursuit of her latest target, Kumail Nanjiani's Colin Graves, this bounty hunter is left stranded on the planet Sempiria.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 May 2025
Desperate enough to hire a bounty hunter Patricia Wentzel, who serves on Sacramento County’s mental health board, has blasted Cooper’s stance as discriminatory, given that law enforcement responds to other non-criminal crises involving people with dementia or developmental disabilities.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 5 May 2025
Law enforcement including a Marshall played by Josh Hopkins and a bounty hunter played by Travis Fimmel pursue the pair south.
—Jack Smart, People.com, 2 May 2025
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“Bounty hunter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bounty%20hunter. Accessed 19 May. 2025.
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