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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
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Derived Forms
- ˈhead-ˌhunter, noun
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Example Sentences
But, thanks to Gallman, head-hunting in the Ifugao country is now a thing of the past.
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Whenever an affair of moment is in hand, such as a funeral or a head-hunting expedition, a cañao is held.
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But with these people head-hunting is a part of their religious belief, and so all the harder to uproot.
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He will retire from politics, from head-hunting among the plutocrats, and will soon be a plutocrat and a palace-dweller himself.
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But I hope you won't feel as if you'd got to go into the head-hunting business.
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