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Poach
pəʊtʃ
Poach definitions
verb
poach
poached
poaches
poaching
- illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection
"20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks"
- take or acquire in an unfair or clandestine way
"employers risk having their newly trained workers poached by other firms"
- (in ball games) take a shot that a partner or teammate would have expected to take
"in doubles, you're poaching when you advance into your partner's territory"
- (of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs
"zero-grazing saves the fields from poaching"
- (of land) become sodden by being trampled
"if the ground is liable to poach the cows come inside"