price on one's head

A reward for capturing or killing someone, usually someone guilty of a crime. For example, He was a serial killer, and they put a price on his head. The head in this term presumably alludes to the older punishment of beheading. [Mid-1700s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Jaquelyn	JAK-ə-lin	English (Rare)
Demetra	-	Italian, Romanian, Greek
Yohanes	-	Indonesian
Rogelio	ro-KHE-lyo	Spanish
Jadvyga	-	Lithuanian
Lyndon	['lindn]