Definitions for poaching

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poaching poach·ing

Spelling: [poh-ching]

IPA: /ˈpoʊ tʃɪŋ/

Poaching is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 261 anagrams from letters in poaching (acghinop).

Definitions for poaching

noun

1. the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
2. any encroachment on another's property, rights, ideas, or the like.

verb (used with object)

1. to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
2. to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
3. to take without permission and use as one's own:
4. to break or tear up by trampling.
5. to mix with water and reduce to a uniform consistency, as clay.
6. to cook (eggs, fish, fruits, etc.) in a hot liquid that is kept just below the boiling point.

verb (used without object)

1. to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
2. to take game or fish illegally.
3. (of land) to become broken up or slushy by being trampled.
4. (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to play a ball hit into the territory of one's partner that is properly the partner's ball to play.
5. Informal. to cheat in a game or contest.

Origin of poaching

First recorded in 1605-15; poach¹ + -ing¹

Examples for poaching

Na, na, it's no the Waal that's to blame for the poaching and delinquencies on the game.

Eggs for poaching should be perfectly fresh, or they will not keep a nice shape.

Now poaching is on the rise and wildlife conservation in peril.

Sarkozy has looked to repeat his 2007 feat of poaching far-right support, while paying lip service to the centrists he needs.

Hillary Clinton has made the end of poaching her cause célèbre since leaving office.

poaching fell off dramatically, and the black market price of ivory dropped.

"Off on one of his poaching expeditions, I suppose," said Bent.

He does a bit of rat-catching, and a bit of mole-catching—and a good deal of poaching.

I took thee for an angler, and thou art but a poaching knave!

“We are reaching a point where deaths from poaching and natural mortality are overtaking the birth rate,” Cathy Dean said.