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Definition of poach
transitive verb
: to cook in simmering liquid
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Recent Examples of poach from the Web
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In West Virginia, companies are resorting to offering signing bonuses and fully paid healthcare to poach experienced shift foremen, mechanics and electricians from rivals.
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Remove and discard cobs from poaching liquid; reserve liquid.
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The Republican told local business owners to 'give up' and leave the state - openly trying to poach local businesses.
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These lizards are being illegally poached from the wild, caught in traps and snares.
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Shortly after protected lists were released Sunday morning, GMs began calling McPhee to try to poach available players from other teams.
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But Lirman needed to find a way to grow enough staghorns without poaching too much from the little that was left.
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Emily Michot emichot@miamiherald.com South Florida was once lush with wild orchids growing on oak and mahogany trees, but habitat loss and orchid poaching depleted the species into near oblivion.
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That makes Glencore’s gambit to poach Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets from rival Chinese suitor Yancoal for $2.55 billion an interesting case.
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Origin and Etymology of poach
Middle English pocchen, from Middle French pocher, from Old French poché poached, literally, bagged, from poche bag, pocket — more at pouch
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Definition of poach
intransitive verb
1 : to encroach upon especially for the purpose of taking something
2 : to trespass for the purpose of stealing game; also : to take game or fish illegally
transitive verb
1 : to trespass on a field poached too frequently by the amateur — The Times Literary Supplement (London)
2a : to take (game or fish) by illegal methodsb : to appropriate (something) as one's ownc : to attract (someone, such as an employee or customer) away from a competitor
Recent Examples of poach from the Web
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In West Virginia, companies are resorting to offering signing bonuses and fully paid healthcare to poach experienced shift foremen, mechanics and electricians from rivals.
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Remove and discard cobs from poaching liquid; reserve liquid.
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The Republican told local business owners to 'give up' and leave the state - openly trying to poach local businesses.
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These lizards are being illegally poached from the wild, caught in traps and snares.
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Shortly after protected lists were released Sunday morning, GMs began calling McPhee to try to poach available players from other teams.
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But Lirman needed to find a way to grow enough staghorns without poaching too much from the little that was left.
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Emily Michot emichot@miamiherald.com South Florida was once lush with wild orchids growing on oak and mahogany trees, but habitat loss and orchid poaching depleted the species into near oblivion.
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That makes Glencore’s gambit to poach Rio Tinto’s Australian coal assets from rival Chinese suitor Yancoal for $2.55 billion an interesting case.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'poach'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Origin and Etymology of poach
Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke
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Definition of poach for Students
poached
;poaching
: to cook slowly in liquid
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