What does "poaching" mean?

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

What is a synonym for "poaching"?

Common synonyms include: abstraction, annexation, appropriation, baking, barbecuing, basting.

Poaching

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1
Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting. countable, uncountable
2
cooking in simmering liquid wordnet

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of poach form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

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abstraction annexation appropriation baking barbecuing basting

Example

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"When we broke up that poaching gang they swore to knife us, and Sir Edward Holly has actually been attacked. I've always been on my guard since then."

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