English
Noun
headhunting (usually uncountable, plural headhuntings)
- (anthropology) The practice of cutting off and preserving the head of one's enemy.
- (business) The active recruitment of executive or talented personnel.
Verb
headhunting
- present participle and gerund of headhunt
Translations
cutting-off and preservation of the heads of one's enemies
- Atayal: mgaga
- Bunun: kanasan
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 獵首 / 猎首 (lièshǒu), 獵頭 / 猎头 (zh) (liètóu)
- French: chasse aux têtes f
- German: Kopfjagd f
- Japanese: 首狩り (くびかり, kubikari)
- Kavalan: sataban
- Paiwan: djemulu
- Puyuma: mutralun
- Rukai: waulri
- Russian: охо́та за голова́ми f (oxóta za golovámi)
- Sakizaya: mingayaw
- Taroko: mdkrang
- Tsou: ozomʉ
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active recruitment of executive or talented personnel
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 挖角 (zh) (wājiǎo) (poaching)
- German: Headhunting n
- Japanese: 引き抜き (ひきぬき, hikinuki) (poaching), ヘッドハンティング (heddohantingu)
- Kazakh: хедхантинг (xedxantiñ)
- Korean: 헤드헌팅 (hedeuheonting)
- Russian: хедха́нтинг (ru) m (xɛdxánting), охо́та за голова́ми f (oxóta za golovámi), охо́та за ума́ми f (oxóta za umámi)
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