Poaching
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College 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
Example
More examples"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."