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| head·hunt [ héd hùnt ] (past and past participle head·hunt·ed, present participle head·hunt·ing, 3rd person present singular head·hunts) |
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1. transitive verb business recruit somebody from another company: to recruit, or attempt to recruit, an executive or highly valued employee from one company to fill a similar position in another enterprise
 The agency headhunted her to work for an investment bank.
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2. intransitive verb human resources engage in employee recruiting: to engage in the profession of employee recruitment
an agency that headhunts for engineers only
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3. intransitive verb collect heads: to seek, collect, and preserve the heads of enemies as trophies or ceremonial objects
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| head·hunt·ing noun |
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