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Definitions of headhunt in various dictionaries:
verb - to seek out, decapitate, and preserve the heads of enemies
HEADHUNT - Headhunting is the practice of taking and preserving a person's head after killing the person. Headhunting was practised in historic times in parts o...
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| To engage in headhunting. |
| the practice among some peoples of collecting the heads of dead enemies as trophies. |
| Collect the heads of dead enemies as trophies. |
| Identify and approach (a suitable person employed elsewhere) to fill a business position. |
| to persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position: |
| to find someone who has the qualifications for an important job and is willing to leave their present job: |
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| Headhunting is the practice of taking and preserving a person's head after killing the person. Headhunting was practised in historic times in parts of Oceania, South Asia and Southeast Asia, West and Central Africa, Mesoamerica, and Europe. It occurred in Europe to the end of the Middle Ages in Ireland and the Anglo-Scottish border regions, and until the 20th century in Montenegro, Croatia, Albania, and western parts of Herzegovina.The headhunting practice has been the subject of intense study within the anthropological community, where scholars try to assess and interpret its social roles, functions, and motivations. Anthropological writings explore themes in headhunting that include mortification of the rival, ritual violence, cosmological balance, the display of manhood, cannibalism, dominance over the body and soul of his enemies in life and afterlife, as a trophy and proof of killing (achievement in hunting), show of greatness, prestige by taking on a rival's spirit and power, and as a means of securing the services of the victim as a slave in the afterlife.Today's scholars generally agree that headhunting's primary function was ritual and ceremonial. It was part of the process of structuring, reinforcing, and defending hierarchical relationships between communities and individuals. Some experts theorize that the practice stemmed from the belief that the head contained "soul matter" or life force, which could be harnessed through its capture. |