head-hunting

noun

the practice among certain peoples of removing the heads of slain enemies and preserving them as trophies
the recruitment, esp through an agency, of executives from one company to another, often rival, company
slang.
the destruction or neutralization of political opponents

But, thanks to Gallman, head-hunting in the Ifugao country is now a thing of the past.

Whenever an affair of moment is in hand, such as a funeral or a head-hunting expedition, a cañao is held.

But with these people head-hunting is a part of their religious belief, and so all the harder to uproot.

He will retire from politics, from head-hunting among the plutocrats, and will soon be a plutocrat and a palace-dweller himself.

But I hope you won't feel as if you'd got to go into the head-hunting business.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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