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Word: Poach
Speech Type: Verb
early 16th century (in the sense ‘push roughly together’): apparently related to poke; sense 1 is perhaps partly from French pocher ‘enclose in a bag’ (see poach)
pəʊtʃ
illegally hunt or catch (game or fish) on land that is not one's own or in contravention of official protection
Short Definition:illegally hunt or catch game or fish
Examples:- 20 tigers are thought to have been poached from national parks
- he might arrest you for poaching
(of an animal) trample or cut up (turf) with its hoofs
Short Definition:(of animal) trample turf
Examples:- zero-grazing saves the fields from poaching
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