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bountied

American  
[boun-teed] / ˈbaʊn tid /

adjective

  1. offering a bounty.

  2. rewarded with a bounty.

Etymology

Origin of bountied

First recorded in 1780–90; bounty + -ed 3

Example Sentences

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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

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 Project Gutenberg

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