poaching

[ poh-ching ]

noun

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

Origin of poaching

First recorded in 1605–15; poach² + -ing¹

Now poaching is on the rise and wildlife conservation in peril.
Ebola Could Deal a Death Blow to Africa’s Wildlife | Brandon Presser | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The 13,000-person strong anti-poaching Botswana Defense Force protects the animals in a country.
South Africa’s Great Rhino Airlift | Nina Strochlic | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
These numbers coincide with balooning business for wildlife poaching, which is now a$300 billion industry.
South Africa’s Great Rhino Airlift | Nina Strochlic | August 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Africans are the park rangers protecting the elephants and other wildlife from violent criminal poaching networks.
Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn't Enough | John Prendergast | August 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
poaching fell off dramatically, and the black market price of ivory dropped.
A World Without Elephants? Blame China | Michael Tomasky | August 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST

For the benefit of innocents who do not know what poaching is like, I will give an idea of this one dog's depredations.
The Chequers | James Runciman
I took thee for an angler, and thou art but a poaching knave!
Angling Sketches | Andrew Lang
Both fox families kept, for the most part, strictly to their own range, for poaching in a fox country always means trouble.
Wild Folk | Samuel Scoville
Verna, for her part, was keenly enjoying this clandestine night-poaching expedition.
Forging the Blades | Bertram Mitford
poaching, John Carter—is—is a sin of which too many are guilty, owing to the lenity of our most excellent laws.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, | Various

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