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poachings

  • plural
    of poaching.
    poaching
    noun
    the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.

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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

Why heed such insignificant poachings as these on his own preserves?

From Under the Skylights by Henry Blake Fuller