A "bondsman" is a person who provides financial security or guarantees someone else's debt. They act as a surety by promising to pay if the person they are bonding for fails to fulfill their obligations. Full definition
With the help of bail bondsman Max Cherry (Robert Forster), Jackie hatches a scam to play the police and her boss off one another. (rottentomatoes.com)
A bail bondsman in Mississippi told the FBI last fall that someone with the screen name «Nikolas Cruz» posted a comment on his YouTube channel stating «Im going to be a professional school shooter.» (sputniknews.com)
Another attendee, Bill Cole, a bearded, bearish bail bondsman from Murrieta, Calif., was persuaded to come by coarser means. (si.com)