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head-hunting
noun
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
slangthe destruction or neutralization of political opponents
Other 51Թ Forms
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Example Sentences
Ball seems to be head-hunting in this round, he keeps stepping in with a left to the chin then trying to loop his right hand over the top but it's not finding a home.
“I do think that they were head-hunting, but I don’t think he meant to try to impose a life-changing injury,” Pittman said.
"We face stiff competition for high-performance workers. We have substantially raised pay and improved working conditions to prevent head-hunting," Masuda said.
"I just hate the ejection. This is a problem with this rule. You gotta at some point … Hey college football, at some point you gotta measure intent. The guy’s not out there head-hunting. He’s playing fast. It’s a violent sport," Klatt said.
Dungey suffered a concussion on a cheap shot against Central Michigan in the third game of his freshman season, and other head-hunting hits that he absorbed the rest of his college career are a part of his résumé that he can’t erase.
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