headhunt
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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headhunts,
present (3rd person singular)
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headhunted,
past participle, past
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headhunting
present participle
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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headhuntsimple
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headhuntssimple
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have headhuntedperfect
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has headhuntedperfect
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am headhuntingprogressive
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are headhuntingprogressive
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is headhuntingprogressive
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have been headhuntingperfect progressive
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has been headhuntingperfect progressive
Past
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headhuntedsimple
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had headhuntedperfect
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was headhuntingprogressive
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were headhuntingprogressive
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had been headhuntingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of headhunt
Example Sentences
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It said it recognised that China had "tried to headhunt British and allied nationals in key positions and with sensitive knowledge and experience, including from government, military, industry and wider society".
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2023
"The government recognises that Chinese recruitment schemes have tried to headhunt British and allied nationals in key positions and with sensitive knowledge and experience," the government said.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
Attempts to headhunt pilots are ongoing and had been ramping up recently, western officials say.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2022
The Paxton character’s blustering attempt to headhunt this stubbornly self-sufficient newcomer makes for one of the movie’s funniest scenes.
From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2014
But he says that as long as companies are free to headhunt employees from rivals and woo qualified professionals from other industries, it's difficult to say shortages exist.
From Reuters ● Apr. 10, 2013
In no way did he betray the fact that he had been marked as the victim of one of the biggest headhunts in the history of Washington politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
"I have been headhunted twice in the past month, for flying jobs, both with private jets," says Mr Green.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2022
An investor headhunted Ulrich and offered him $10,000 more annually than his management job at a nearby factory.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
Ken Linton did a PhD in engineering and computer science before going into banking, when he was headhunted by Lehman Brothers and transferred to Wall Street.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2020
Rodri has been headhunted as the heir to 34-year-old Fernandinho and he moved and passed with similar intelligence.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2019
After making his name as a programmemaker, he initially became a commissioner at a rival broadcaster before being headhunted five years ago.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
Even today, some older men bear facial tattoos associated with the Konyaks' historical practice of headhunting.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Those expat executives willing to relocate to the kingdom from neighboring Dubai, United Arab Emirates, can ask for 20% to 35% extra, according to headhunting firm Mark Williams.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
Several headhunting firms offered her opportunities, but she settled on an American company based in China.
From New York Times ● Nov. 16, 2022
In the city's Futian district, Candice, a 28-year-old who works with a headhunting business, expressed dismay over the latest lockdown measures.
From Reuters ● Sep. 3, 2022
The quality of statesmanship in Wood which dealt with these problems and settled them so that from a slave-holding, polygamous, headhunting land there arose a self-governing community is of the highest order.
From The Career of Leonard Wood by Joseph Hamblen Sears
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