headhunting


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head·hunt·ing

 (hĕd′hŭn′tĭng)
n.
1. The custom of cutting off and preserving the heads of enemies as trophies.
2. Slang The process of attempting to remove influence and power from enemies, especially political enemies.
3. Informal
a. The business of recruiting personnel, especially executive personnel, as for a corporation.
b. The act or an instance of such recruiting.
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head•hunt•ing

(ˈhɛdˌhʌn tɪŋ)

n.
1. (among certain tribal peoples) the practice of hunting down and decapitating victims and preserving their heads as trophies.
2. the search, esp. by professional recruiters, for executives to fill high-level positions.
3. the act or practice of trying to destroy the power, position, or influence of one's competitors or foes.
[1850–55]
head′hunt`er, n.
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Translations
fejvadászat

headhunting

[ˈhedˌhʌntɪŋ]
A. N (lit) → caza f de cabezas (fig) → caza f de talentos
B. CPD headhunting agency Nagencia f de caza de talentos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

headhunting

[ˈhɛdhʌntɪŋ] nrecrutement m de cadres, chasse f aux cadresheadhunting firm ncabinet m de recrutement
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Headhunting played a central role in the social organization, religion, and worldview of nearly all Dayak groups of Borneo.
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Parachuting into the bush and scattered for miles, members of the crew were intercepted by Dayak natives who had come to be known as "the wild men of Borneo.'' These tribesmen had practiced headhunting for centuries until it was eventually banned by British colonialists.
South Africa is aware of their hold over Hussey, but as they departed Johannesburg, there was no identifying of Australian vulnerabilities, and Smith said there would be no headhunting.
Headhunting was historically practiced from as far north as highland Formosa, as far west as Assam, and southwards to the Indonesian archipelago (Davison and Sutlive 1991: 153).