a price on head

*a price on one's head

a reward for one's capture. (*Typically: get ~; have ~; put ~; place ~.) We captured a thief who had a price on his head, and the sheriff gave us the reward. The crook was so mean, he turned in his own brother, who had a price on his head.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Raijin	ṙah-ee-jeen (Japanese)	Far Eastern Mythology
Merab (1)	-	Biblical
İRfan	-	Turkish
Astin	['æstin]
Saburo	sah-boo-ṙo:	Japanese
Claudia	KLAW-dee-ə (English), KLOW-dee-ah (German, Dutch), KLOW-dyah (Italian, Spanish, Romanian)	English, German, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Romanian, Biblical, Ancient Roman