Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To engage in headhunting.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To cut off, and
preserve , theheads of one's enemies - verb To actively
recruit executive personnel - verb baseball To
pitch at abatter's head. - verb ice hockey To use one's
hockey stick to strike an opponent's head.
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Examples
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'headhunt' the better staff unlike, say, the Royal London.
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The club's ambitions are such, however, that the billionaires in Abu Dhabi may feel more inclined to appoint one of their own or headhunt a replacement.
Nedum Onuoha back in Manchester City squad as Garry Cook probe goes on 2011
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And the year before for "Shoot," in which Betty is inveigled back into the world of modeling by a big agency (McCann Erickson, which later buys Sterling Cooper's London owners) trying to headhunt Don.
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The service claims to headhunt attract eligible women “through high end social events and private parties and receives word of mouth referrals on a constant basis”.
Lawyer Fails to Buy Happiness, Reacts the Only Way a Lawyer Knows How : Law is Cool 2010
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The service claims to headhunt attract eligible women “through high end social events and private parties and receives word of mouth referrals on a constant basis”.
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And the year before for "Shoot," in which Betty is inveigled back into the world of modeling by a big agency (McCann Erickson, which later buys Sterling Cooper's London owners) trying to headhunt Don.
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The phrase "not in our contract" made my ears perk as in fact many UAL contracts have just expired and management is taking the opportunity to go on a little headhunt—people are being threatened with termination for actions including being found with food meant to be stowed on inbound flights.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2010
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Tories need to headhunt Mandelson ... or get his head on a stick.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009
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Solace Enterprises, a recruitment company, is paid fees by local councils taxpayers money to headhunt chief executives and recommend salary levels.
Solace - none for the taxpayers IanPJ 2009
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It's fine finishing checks and stuff, but when you headhunt like that, I don't know, I lost a lot of respect for him with that. ''
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