1
: one that trespasses or steals
2
: one who kills or takes wild animals (such as game or fish) illegally
1
: a covered pan containing a plate with depressions or shallow cups in each of which an egg can be cooked over steam rising from boiling water in the bottom of the pan
2
: a baking dish in which food (such as fish) can be poached
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Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The vast majority of these antlers and furs were seized or otherwise obtained by the DWR during poaching investigations, in which cases the poachers would have been court-ordered to forfeit the items.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Dallas’s first and third goals were the results of last-ditch chaos in the back and poacher-ism by Pedrinho and Petar Musa, respectively.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But the 28-minute short offers a few jarring moments — especially the sequence in which a poacher suddenly whips out a chainsaw, using it to do the unspeakable.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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Noun
There’s that poacher’s six-yard-box mentality again.
—Beren Cross, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The vast majority of these antlers and furs were seized or otherwise obtained by the DWR during poaching investigations, in which cases the poachers would have been court-ordered to forfeit the items.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Dallas’s first and third goals were the results of last-ditch chaos in the back and poacher-ism by Pedrinho and Petar Musa, respectively.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But the 28-minute short offers a few jarring moments — especially the sequence in which a poacher suddenly whips out a chainsaw, using it to do the unspeakable.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poacher. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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