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Definitions for Poaching

[1] the illegal practice of trespassing on another's property to hunt or steal game without the landowner's permission.
[2] any encroachment on another's property, rights, ideas, or the like.
[3] to trespass, especially on another's game preserve, in order to steal animals or to hunt.
[4] to take game or fish illegally.
[5] (of land) to become broken up or slushy by being trampled.
[6] (in tennis, squash, handball, etc.) to play a ball hit into the territory of one's partner that is properly the partner's ball to play.
[7] Informal . to cheat in a game or contest.
[8] to trespass on (private property), especially in order to hunt or fish.
[9] to steal (game or fish) from another's property.
[10] to take without permission and use as one's own: to poach ideas; a staff poached from other companies.
[11] to break or tear up by trampling.
[12] to mix with water and reduce to a uniform consistency, as clay.
[13] to cook (eggs, fish, fruits, etc.) in a hot liquid that is kept just below the boiling point.
[14] to catch (game, fish, etc) illegally by trespassing on private property
[15] to encroach on or usurp (another person's rights, duties, etc) or steal (an idea, employee, etc)
[16] tennis badminton to take or play (shots that should belong to one's partner)
[17] to break up (land) into wet muddy patches, as by riding over it, or (of land) to become broken up in this way
[18] (intr) (of the feet, shoes, etc) to sink into heavy wet ground
[19] to simmer (eggs, fish, etc) very gently in water, milk, stock, etc

Words related to Poaching

smuggle, pilfer, intrude, filch, rob, plunder, appropriate, encroach, steal

Words nearby Poaching

po., poa, poaceous, poach, poacher, poaching, poachy, pob, pobeda peak, poblano, poboy

Origin of Poaching

21350–1400; Middle English poche < Middle French pocher literally, to bag (the yolk inside the white), derivative of poche bag (French poche pocket) < Middle Dutch poke poke2

Other words from Poaching

an·ti·poach·ing , adjective
poach·a·ble , adjective
poach·a·ble , adjective

Word origin for Poaching

C15: from Old French pochier to enclose in a bag (as the yolks are enclosed by the whites); compare poke ²

Synonyms for Poaching

smuggle, appropriate, encroach, filch, intrude, pilfer, plunder, rob, steal, fish illegally, hunt illegally