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.
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According to Edinburgh Zoo, Sumatran tigers are critically endangered due to habitat destruction and poaching.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Some of the local defense companies found themselves sometimes poaching talent from each other, and realized they were ultimately hurting themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026
Abdul Goni Gazi was among the first to raise the alarm for the creatures struggling to grow their numbers under pressure from habitat loss, poaching and climate change.
From Barron's • Apr. 28, 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
As I prepared breakfast before leaving home on that first morning, Grandmother India stood over my shoulder watching while I cracked the breakfast eggs for poaching.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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