0 past simple and past participle of headhunt
1 to persuade someone to leave their job by offering that person another job with more pay and a higher position:
Senior staff were headhunted by other companies, whilst there was a great turnover in staff amongst the labouring grades.
The entire team might be headhunted by countries with a more innovative approach to the public funding of science.
During the period of change, some of its brightest executives will be headhunted by the new consortia bidding.
A chief of staff or a commander-in-chief cannot be headhunted from outside the service.
After being headhunted for a human resources management post, he was rejected at the final interview.
His chief salesman was headhunted.
Viggo was headhunted to become managing director, a position he held until 1969.
