to poach
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6.2
- verb
- /poʊtʃ/
:
cazar furtivamente
- Whole communities have degenerated from imposed poverty; those who can hunt live by poaching fur-bearing animals.
- poached deer
- poached elephants
- poached ivory
Then you've got the professional poaching gangs who are targeting Tuscan Horn.
- Then you've got the professional poaching gangs who are targeting Tuscan Horn.
- And of course, cops came and by gunpoint demand that she stop poaching.
- And so, you know, we're we're there doing good things, helping, you know, win hearts and minds, do demining, counter poaching.
- And, you know, foreign, foreign nations are are giving this information saying, hey, yeah, there is a tie between terrorism and poaching here.
- And I didn't know what I was checking for, but I was scrolling on Instagram and I came across this video of an elephant that had been poached.
Examples
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After all, poaching white-tailed deer was serious business.
Fiction book (2002) -
There was this guy some years back who poached an elk.
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So I think you saw a lot of these animals being poached more central Eastern Africa, and then slowly kind of made their way down.
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Is that why you think it's okay to keep poaching on my territory?
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Someone is poaching our territory.
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So, it's you who has been poaching my rabbits?
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Sure, if that's the way you feel about it, I'll go poach a deer right now, maybe two or three.
Fiction book (1995) -
Do you know the punishment for poaching the king's deer twice?
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The Thompsons were around; they were poaching again on Skagit land.
Fiction book (1991) -
The ranger discovered that poachers had illegally poached several animals in the national park.
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
To try to persuade a top employee from another company to work for you
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poach (to hunt animals illegally) comes from an old idea of a pouch or 'pocket', because poachers would secretly put animals in their bags. That's why poach means to catch or kill animals in secret or on someone else's land.