poacher
1a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
Also called sea-poacher. any of several slender, marine fishes of the family Agonidae, found chiefly in deeper waters of the North Pacific, having the body covered with bony plates.
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Origin of poacher
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How to use poacher in a sentence
But arrests of rhino poachers have also followed an upward curve.
Unfortunately, park rangers, though highly trained, are rarely a match for well-armed poachers.
Beijing claims to oppose the illicit traffic in the tusks of elephants butchered by poachers.
Foreign security sector support can and should include efforts to interdict poachers.
The Curse of CAR: Warlords, Blood Diamonds, and Dead Elephants | Christopher Day | May 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPrince Charles also announced a plan to ‘follow the money’ in an effort to strip wildlife poachers of their ill-gotten gains.
Even the better sort of men who haunt our public-houses are glad to meet and talk with the poachers.
The Chequers | James RuncimanSix regular poachers come daily to The Chequers, but there are many others hanging around who are merely amateurs.
The Chequers | James RuncimanAmidst other things, they said, I believe, that he was out with the poachers the night my brother George was shot!
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodI have strong reason to believe he is in alliance with the poachers.
A Final Reckoning | G. A. HentyThey all had a sad ending, coming to an untimely death through being caught in wires set by poachers for rabbits.
Our Cats and All About Them | Harrison Weir
British Dictionary definitions for poacher (1 of 2)
/ (ˈpəʊtʃə) /
a person who illegally hunts game, fish, etc, on someone else's property
poacher turned gamekeeper someone whose occupation or behaviour is the opposite of what it previously was, such as a burglar who now advises on home security
British Dictionary definitions for poacher (2 of 2)
/ (ˈpəʊtʃə) /
a metal pan with individual cups for poaching eggs
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