trophy hunt
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An instance of trophy hunting.
Example Sentences
- "Americans are by far the most keen to spend around $60,000 on trophy hunts in Africa, but British and German hunters drive demand too."
- "Conservationists say that lion hunting is one of the most lucrative trophy hunts, with each outing bringing in up to $71,000 on average, which includes the trophy fee, a professional guide, transportation and lodging."
- "By contrast, South Africa, which has a big trophy hunting industry popular with Americans, has about 9,000 lions, nearly a third of the global total, and the Professional Hunters' Assn. of South Africa says that trophy hunts contribute about $90 million to the economy."
- "It took place against the backdrop of a declining lion population, and it was a trophy hunt for which [Walter] Palmer had paid $50,000."
- "Hunters never say “we want to trophy hunt because we want to mount the head,” [Wayne] Pacelle said. “They always apply something to it. They could just give the money for conservation. But they want something out of it.”"
- "A father has been branded 'disgusting' over footage of him teaching his six-year-old son to trophy hunt by dressing up as a deer so he can shoot him with a toy crossbow."