price on one's head

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Definition of price on one's head in English English dictionary: A compensation for capturing or killing a person, especially someone guilty of a crime
The police put a price on his head after he killed four innocent women.
on one's head: Assumed or borne, as a responsibility or something blameworthy
CLEOPATRA (vehemently): He has shed the blood of my servant Ftatateeta. On your head be it as upon his, Caesar, if you hold him free of it.
on one's head: Assigned by government authorities as a bounty or penalty
There was a Rs 2.5 million reward on his head.

price on one's head

Turkish pronunciation

prays ôn wʌnz hed

/ˈprīs ˈôn ˈwənz ˈhed/ /ˈpraɪs ˈɔːn ˈwʌnz ˈhɛd/

() From the earlier punishment of beheading criminals. The usage of this idiom began in the mid-1700s.

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