Definition of "head-hunting" [head-hunting]

• Among certain savage tribes, the practice of making incursions for the purpose of procuring human heads as trophies or for use in religious ceremonies. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "I've seen a few unlikely things in these Solomons -- rats two feet long, butterflies the Commissioner hunts with a shot-gun, ear-ornaments that would shame the devil, and head-hunting devils that make the devil look like an angel."
• "It was commissioned by a medical “head-hunting” firm that would lose their dirty money under the proposed legislation."
• "She sits on five boards, has run a head-hunting business in the area for decades and can't walk down the street without bumping into someone she knows."