"Hi-quired," although not sonorous, is at least a new word for a specific thing, instead of a word for a closely related thing that would just confuse anyone who heard it. I might've just gone for "Hire-quired" because it's obvious what it means and it seems a little bit easier to say.
Do we also need to retire ‘head hunting’, because it brings to mind cartoonishly outdated notions of savagery?
Reject modernity, embrace tradition.
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poach (verb) poached; poaching; poaches
Intransitive verb
1. To encroach upon, especially for the purpose of taking something.
2. To trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also, to take game or fish illegally.
Transitive verb
1. To trespass on.
2. a. To take (game or fish) by illegal methods.
b. To appropriate (something) as one's own.
c. To attract (someone, such as an employee or customer) away from a competitor.Do you object if someone says, "I adopted a new strategy"? After all, children are adopted, and one could say that using this phrase trivializes a deeply important human relationship.
Do you object if someone says, "She's a fan of my work"? After all, a fan is a machine that blows air. It could be said that referring to a person as a fan reduces them to an appliance whose purpose is to serve someone else.
Do you object if someone says, "I have a date tonight"? After all, a date is a fruit. Someone could say that calling a romantic partner a "date" is to objectify them and reduce them to something consumed for pleasure.