headhunting
the act or practice of actively searching for new employees, especially for professionals or executives: Every June the electronics manufacturers go headhunting among the newly graduated engineers.
the act or practice of firing without cause, especially someone disliked: Their periodic headhunting was a contributing factor in the company's failures.
the act or practice of trying to destroy the power, position, or influence of one's competitors or foes: Headhunting is ferocious in advertising.
Origin of headhunting
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How to use headhunting in a sentence
But, thanks to Gallman, head-hunting in the Ifugao country is now a thing of the past.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxWhenever an affair of moment is in hand, such as a funeral or a head-hunting expedition, a cañao is held.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxBut with these people head-hunting is a part of their religious belief, and so all the harder to uproot.
The Head Hunters of Northern Luzon From Ifugao to Kalinga | Cornelis De Witt WillcoxHe will retire from politics, from head-hunting among the plutocrats, and will soon be a plutocrat and a palace-dweller himself.
The Fashionable Adventures of Joshua Craig | David Graham PhillipsBut I hope you won't feel as if you'd got to go into the head-hunting business.
Empire Builders | Francis Lynde
British Dictionary definitions for head-hunting
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
US slang the destruction or neutralization of political opponents
Derived forms of head-hunting
- head-hunter, noun
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