poaching
noun
the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
antipoaching
-
a word derived from
poaching.
Example Sentences
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He created antipoaching units and armed rapid-response teams to push, with much success, ivory poachers out of the parks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2018
The South African Police Service, one of the law enforcement agencies leading the government's antipoaching efforts, did not respond to requests for comment.
From New York Times ● Dec. 22, 2015
That would help the response time of antipoaching patrols but it would also facilitate any scientific research, as it’s quite a lot effort to go through thousands of photos to look for particular objects.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2012
Speaking at a military training exercise for rangers in May, Milanzi endorsed Tanzania National Parks Authority’s request to convert antipoaching units from a civilian to a paramilitary force, according to local press.
From National Geographic
As we left Krasny Yar, Galster pondered the delicate problem of telling Vladimir Shetinin, the head of the Amba antipoaching team, that he had given his binoculars to a tiger poacher.
From Time Magazine Archive
