poaching
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tʃɪŋ 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.
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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.
verb (used with object)
6.
to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
7.
to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
8.
to take without permission and use as one's own: to poach ideas; a staff poached from other companies.
9.
to break or tear up by trampling.
10.
to mix with water and reduce to a uniform consistency, as clay.
Origin:
1520–30; earlier: to shove, thrust < Middle French pocher to gouge < Germanic; akin to poke1
1520–30; earlier: to shove, thrust < Middle French pocher to gouge < Germanic; akin to poke1
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poach·a·ble, adjective
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verb (used with object)
to cook (eggs, fish, fruits, etc.) in a hot liquid that is kept just below the boiling point.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English poche < Middle French pocher literally, to bag (the yolk inside the white), derivative of poche bag (French poche pocket) < Middle Dutch poke poke2
1350–1400; Middle English poche < Middle French pocher literally, to bag (the yolk inside the white), derivative of poche bag (French poche pocket) < Middle Dutch poke poke2
Related forms
poach·a·ble, adjective
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poach1 (pəʊtʃ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to catch (game, fish, etc) illegally by trespassing on private property |
| 2. | to encroach on or usurp (another person's rights, duties, etc) or steal (an idea, employee, etc) |
| 3. | tennis, badminton to take or play (shots that should belong to one's partner) |
| 4. | to break up (land) into wet muddy patches, as by riding over it, or (of land) to become broken up in this way |
| 5. | (intr) (of the feet, shoes, etc) to sink into heavy wet ground |
| [C17: from Old French pocher, of Germanic origin; compare Middle Dutch poken to prod; see | |
| poach2 (pəʊtʃ) | |
| —vb | |
| to simmer (eggs, fish, etc) very gently in water, milk, stock, etc | |
| [C15: from Old French pochier to enclose in a bag (as the yolks are enclosed by the whites); compare | |
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Word Origin & History
poach
"steal game," 1528, "to push, poke," from M.Fr. pocher "to thrust, poke," from O.Fr. pochier "poke out, gouge," from a Gmc. source (cf. M.H.G. puchen "to pound, beat, knock") related to poke (v.). Sense of "trespass for the sake of stealing" is first attested 1611, perhaps
via notion of "thrusting" oneself onto another's property.
poach
"cook in liquid," c.1430, from O.Fr. poché, pp. of pochier (12c.), lit. "put into a pocket" (as the white of an egg forms a pocket for the yolk), from poche "bag, pocket," from Frank. *pokka "bag," from Gmc. *puk- (see poke (n.)).
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Example sentences
Federal officials also did not previously make fossil poaching a priority.
The difference between new and old poaching is the medium in which food is cooked.
By poaching them in barely hot liquid, you slow the process and gain control.
If the ban ended, the market for tusks would heat up, and so would elephant poaching.
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