Scalphunter
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A warrior who collects the scalps of vanquished enemies.
- 2 An agent who vets potential defectors.
"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."
Example
More 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."
Etymology
From scalp + hunter.
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