Bounty hunter and Private detective

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Bounty hunter noun - A hunter who kills predatory wild animals in order to collect a bounty.

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Private detective and bounty hunter are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Private detective" instead a noun phrase "Bounty hunter".

Private detective noun - A person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons.

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Bounty hunter and private detective are semantically related. You can use "Bounty hunter" instead a noun phrase "Private detective".

It was tough, but eventually she managed to overcome her problems, especially after the Crossover with Spider-Man, who advised her to use her power for good; she later became a bounty hunter and a private detective.

Source: Comic Book / Spider-Woman
Rachel Morgan of The Hollows novels isn't technically a assassin but a runner, a combination bounty hunter, private detective and law enforcement agent.

Source: Contract on the Hitman
Hilariously subverted in Darths & Droids, which has the very Obviously Evil Darth Maul turn out to be a private detective working for Palpatine (who is in the side of good here), and he was only fighting the Jedi in self-defense because they thought he was a bounty hunter.

Source: Red and Black and Evil All Over

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