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Definition of Headhunted
1. headhunt [v] - See also: headhunt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Headhunted
Literary usage of Headhunted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gems of the East: Sixteen Thousand Miles of Research Travel Among Wild by Arnold Henry Savage Landor (1904)
"... THE PEOPLE OF NUEVA VIZCAYA — CROSSING THE CORDILLERA INTO BONTOC WARLIKE
headhunted THE DWARFS OF BAYO ..."
2. Indonesia: Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sulawesi by David E. Henley (2000)
"Krakatau was the site, in l883. of the largest volcanic eruption in recent his-
Left: A Nias islander wearing a remarkable headhunted ring. tory. ..."
3. Changing the Fourth Estate: Essays on South African Journalism by Adrian Hadland (2006)
"They were headhunted by several organisations and were in a position to pick and
choose. Political reporters had replaced finance reporters as a dying breed ..."
4. Etnografiia: lektsii, chitannyia v Imperatorskom moskovskom universitete by Vi︠e︡ra Nikolaevna Kharuzina, Aleksei Nikolaevich Kharuzin (1905)
"Windsor Earl, The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. L. 1853. Woodford, С.
M. A naturalist among the headhunted. 1890. ..."