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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