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No-poaching clauses have come under increasing scrutiny by Democrats and some policy experts over the past several years as wage growth remains a persistent weakness for an otherwise strong and growing economy.
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Staff alerted an anti-poaching unit and called Fox to the scene.
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The retrenchment has made a lot of expensive but important fee-earners redundant or vulnerable to poaching by rivals.
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To report poaching violations or suspicious activity, call the state Department of Fish and Wildlife crime hotline at 1-877-933-9847.
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Uber also defended the company's practices in New York, saying Uber drivers are not poaching the main territory served by yellow cabs, which is Manhattan.
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In the past year, two anti-poaching conservationists have been murdered, one in Kenya and another in Tanzania, so there’s good reason for caution.
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But now a potent new weapon has been added to the anti-poaching arsenal, helping rangers get ahead of disaster.
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Turn the heat down so there is no movement in the water whatsoever, and poach the eggs for 3 to 4 minutes until the whites are set and the yolks still runny.
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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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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
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poached;
poaching;
poaches
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
1
: to trespass on
- a field poached too frequently by the amateur
- —The Times Literary Supplement (London)
2 a
: to take (game or fish) by illegal methods
b
: to appropriate (something) as one's own
c
: to attract (someone, such as an employee or customer) away from a competitor
Origin and Etymology of poach
Middle French pocher, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle English poken to poke
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First Known Use: 1611
in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1
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POACH Defined for Kids
Definition of poach for Students
poached;
poaching
: to cook slowly in liquid
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