1. the practice of recruiting executives or highly skilled professionals from other companies
Usage: business
2. the historical practice of taking and preserving human heads as trophies
Usage: historical; anthropological

Examples

• The tech company hired a headhunting firm to find a new CEO.
• Executive headhunting has become a billion-dollar industry.
• She works for a headhunting agency that specializes in finance professionals.
• The startup was targeted by headhunting companies looking to poach their engineers.
• Anthropologists studied the headhunting practices of certain tribal societies.
• The museum exhibit explored the cultural significance of headhunting rituals.