Etymology
Origin of bountied
Example Sentences
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Their targets allegedly included Nathan Law, Finn Lau and Christopher Mung, three bountied dissidents.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Anna Kwok of the Washington-based Hong Kong Democracy Council, another bountied dissident, has warned that Beijing can use these diplomatic outposts to carry out transnational repression in the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
Between 1965 and the present, wolves in the study area were neither protected nor bountied, and the influence of trapping and hunting is thought to have been negligible.
From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.
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