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bounty hunter: someone who pursues fugitives or criminals for whom a reward is offered; an individual who seeks out escaped fugitives in return for a monetary award. Most are employed by a bail bondsman. In the United States, bounty hunters catch an estimated 30,000 bail jumpers per year. A more-common term for a bounty hunter—which is preferred by those in the industry—is a bail enforcement agent. [from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounty_hunter] mercenary: a soldier who fights, or engages in warfare exclusively for money, without any regard for ideological, national or political considerations. When the term is used to refer to a soldier in a regular national army, it is usually considered an insult, epithet or pejorative. [from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercenary] From these two definitions it sounds like the main difference is that bounty hunters search for a particular person and capture him for a reward, while mercenaries fight much like soldiers do in an army but exclusively for money and do not seek to capture a particular person.
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