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
1Other words from poaching
- an·ti·poach·ing, adjective
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How to use poaching in a sentence
He has a hundred heads to plan his poachings, a hundred eyes to spy the land, a hundred hands to set his snares and springes.
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