poaching
Americannoun
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poachings
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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.
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Night rides must be booked days in advance to allow for security screenings, and capacity caps meant to prevent poaching and limit disruptions to the animals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026
Red pandas have become an endangered species, mainly due to habitat loss, human interference and poaching.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
For critically endangered animals, especially those facing intense pressure from poaching, understanding exactly which species lives where can be essential for conservation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
It is the latest tremor in the world of Big Law, which is being disrupted by aggressive poaching of rainmakers, the pressure of artificial intelligence and less-loyal clients.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
So far, Suzanne Braden reports, poaching has been nearly eliminated—thanks to extreme penalties that can include up to ten years behind bars.
From "Camp Panda" by Catherine Thimmesh
That need has fueled bidding wars for proven portfolio managers and poachings such as Bhanji’s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
The agency knows that there are a number of undetected wolf poachings, but the numbers must be small because the total number of wolves keep increasing, Smith said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
Washington had no confirmed wolf poachings from 2017-2021.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 28, 2022
He joined CNN in 2013, one of the earliest poachings by the network’s then-newly appointed president, Jeffrey A. Zucker.
From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2018
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.
From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8 Epigrams, On With the Dance, Negligible Tales by Ambrose Bierce
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