headhunter
Example Sentences
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Other cops suspected they were internal spies, headhunters, a rumor that started when a beat officer confided to the chief’s office that a bookmaking barber was inviting cops to “get on the take.”
From Los Angeles Times
He quickly shut down a headhunter who had reached out to him.
In November, Britain's domestic intelligence agency warned that Chinese spies disguised as headhunters had targeted parliamentarians online.
From Barron's
Europe’s biggest bank by assets tapped headhunters in late 2024 to find a replacement for Mark Tucker, who has since left to join Hong Kong insurer AIA.
The alert said individuals working on behalf of the Chinese Ministry of State Security were posing as "headhunters" on platforms like LinkedIn and targeting people working in British politics to obtain insider information.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
