Meaning of scalphunter | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A warrior who collects the scalps of vanquished enemies.
2. An agent who vets potential defectors.

Examples

“There is one class of spook we have not encountered as yet. This is the scalp-hunter, or defector-hunter. Quite often a scalp-hunter will be more valuable than almost any other intelligence operator.”

“But agency policy is that the case officer is, in the jargon, a "scalp hunter" who must turn a contact into an agent […]”

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