trophy-hunting
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
present participle and gerund of trophy-hunt
Example Sentences
- "Most (researchers) agree the current mountain lion population is healthy, although the animal is so elusive it is hard to say anything with surety, so the final question becomes a philosophical one—Is the trophy-hunting of lions acceptable?"
- "Although the report appeared to dismiss deer stalking as "trophy-hunting", in fact it added £105m to the rural economy and provided about 2,500 full-time equivalent jobs."
- "Trophy-hunting reflects inequalities in money and mobility, and sometimes also insensitivity to conservation practices or local politics."
- "Most focus is on the climate crisis and habitat loss, but trophy-hunting also plays a role in wiping out many popular species, research has shown, by targeting males with the biggest antlers, horns and tusks – those with high-quality genes."