poaching
Americannoun
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the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
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any encroachment on another's property, rights, ideas, or the like.
Other Word Forms
- antipoaching adjective
Etymology
Origin of poaching
Example Sentences
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The poaching has created a well-compensated game of musical chairs that has reshuffled the rarefied roster of lawyers considered go-to advocates before the nation’s high court.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
At Lee Hanson and Riad Nasr’s reborn French restaurant in New York, instead of poaching the meringue they bake it before service in a low-temp oven for a miraculously brisk seven minutes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Meta has also struggled to establish itself as a top AI player compared to competitors such as Google, Anthropic and OpenAI, despite aggressively poaching top talent to form Meta Superintelligence Labs last summer.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 26, 2026
In Mozambique between 2010 and 2023, 426 lions were killed as a result of contact with humans with a quarter linked to deliberate poaching.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
Out of habit, she almost declared the book so she could get double points, but—thinking of Babbage poaching her books—she pulled her finger back from the mouse right before she clicked.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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