bounty hunter
Paid fugitive pursuer
A bounty hunter is someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for a reward.
In the American bail system, bounty hunters track down defendants who skip bail, returning them for a percentage of the bond.
The term extends to anyone who hunts people or things for payment: The company hired bounty hunters to find the hackers.
In fiction, bounty hunters are often morally ambiguous mercenaries.
Mounted cattle herder
- outlawFugitive from justice
- posseArmed group pursuing fugitives
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- gunslingerExpert pistol fighter
frontier · wanted · marshal · saloon · stagecoach · bandit · desperado · six-shooter
One fleeing authorities
- manhuntSearch for a suspect
- captureTake into custody
- targetObject of pursuit
- chaseRapid following of quarry
tracking · trail · surveillance · investigation · stakeout · wanted poster · skip tracing · bail jumper
One fleeing authorities
- criminalPerson who breaks laws
- outlawFugitive from justice
- escapeeOne who fled confinement
- felonSerious crime perpetrator
convict · absconder · runaway · mark · target · prey · lawbreaker · suspect
Paid professional assassin
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- soldier of fortunePaid military contractor
- freelancerSelf-employed service provider
- hired gunPaid outside specialist
operative · enforcer · Mandalorian · Boba Fett · guild · commission · fee · payment
In any vital state
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- finder's feePayment for connecting parties
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- collectBring items together
prize · incentive · compensation · payday · windfall · jackpot · stake · pot
Fair treatment under law
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- avengerRetribution dealer
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
- lone wolfSelf-reliant individualist
outside the law · reckoning · vengeance · crusader · antihero · unorthodox · relentless · obsessed
cowboy
Mounted cattle herder
gunslinger · frontier · wanted · marshal · saloon · stagecoach · bandit · desperado · six-shooter · revolver
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
chase · tracking · trail · surveillance · investigation · stakeout · wanted poster · skip tracing · bail jumper · apprehension
fugitive
One fleeing authorities
felon · convict · absconder · runaway · mark · target · prey · lawbreaker · suspect · offender
gun for hire
Paid professional assassin
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- soldier of fortunePaid military contractor
- freelancerSelf-employed service provider
hired gun · operative · enforcer · Mandalorian · Boba Fett · guild · commission · fee · payment · client
dead or alive
In any vital state
- payoutMoney distributed to recipient
- finder's feePayment for connecting parties
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
collect · prize · incentive · compensation · payday · windfall · jackpot · stake · pot · blood money
justice
Fair treatment under law
- retributionPunishment for wrongdoing
- avengerRetribution dealer
- rogueDishonest or uncontrolled agent
lone wolf · outside the law · reckoning · vengeance · crusader · antihero · unorthodox · relentless · obsessed · personal
- action filmschase scene, car chase, explosion, stunt, shootout
- gunslingersgunslinger, gunfighter, gunman, quickdraw, fast draw
- Huntersbowhunter, nimrod, archer, fowler, falconer
- wuxiamartial artist, swordsman, kung fu, martial arts, qi
- occupationsdoctor, teacher, baker, lawyer, nurse
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
bounty hunterpolice officer
Law enforcement agent
federal agent · FBI agent · US Marshal · sheriff · detective
bounty hunterdefense attorney
Lawyer representing the accused
public defender · human rights advocate · abolitionist · bail bondsman
bounty hunterfugitive
One fleeing authorities
quarry · prey · bail jumper · escapee · wanted person
hunter, hunting, hunted, bounty, huntsman, bounteous, huntress, bounties, huntsmen