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Recent Examples of poacher
Those relatively few poachers who do face justice often walk with minor fines and other penalties.
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Gyokeres is not a classic poacher, more a ‘battering ram’ who weaponises his directness and ability to exploit space.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Madrid also seems to have unearthed a gem in Gonzalo Garcia, whom Herrera thinks can be Madrid’s penalty box poacher.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
In the late 1800s, plumage poachers hunted subtropical birds to near-extinction before being stopped.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 11 Sep. 2025
Gyokeres is not a classic poacher, more a ‘battering ram’ who weaponises his directness and ability to exploit space.
—Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2025
Madrid also seems to have unearthed a gem in Gonzalo Garcia, whom Herrera thinks can be Madrid’s penalty box poacher.
—Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
In the late 1800s, plumage poachers hunted subtropical birds to near-extinction before being stopped.
—Mike Bezemek, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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The next administration could once again allow smugglers to exploit loopholes that resulted in hundreds of thousands of children being pushed across the border.—
Dan Gooding,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Teaming with a colorful cast of characters, their investigation sends them on an expedition that takes in Scottish politics, AI, cults, secret agents, smugglers, and vegan record shops.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Fall boating can mean peaceful days on Arkansas' large reservoirs while many hunters begin to hit the woods instead of the water.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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These can vary in cost and length of validity by the species being hunted, age of the hunter and residency.—
Austin Hornbostel,
Nashville Tennessean,
21 Oct. 2025
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Siringo was appointed a New Mexico Ranger in 1916 and for two years saw active service against cattle rustlers.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Now comes Bryan Burrough’s new book, The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild, to end the scrubbing of Hardin’s life of crime, along with those of many other murdering cattle rustlers, cheating saloon gamblers, and quick-draw vigilantes.—
Clifford Krauss,
Air Mail,
7 June 2025
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The only move Lazio have made, apart from the sale of Loum Tchaouna to Burnley, was to move out their falconer.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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The falcon no longer hears the falconer.—
Alaa Alqaisi
August 13,
Literary Hub,
13 Aug. 2025
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In classical antiquity, the mountainous region was notorious for bandits; in modern times, blood feuds among clans were rife.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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Shortly after the museum opened on Sunday morning, two bandits used a lift on a truck to break into its Galerie d'Apollon, which houses the French crown jewels and other treasures, through a second-floor window.—
NPR,
NPR,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Amazon is a birder’s paradise.—
Jeri Clausing,
AFAR Media,
21 Oct. 2025
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Feeding Hummingbirds in Winter Serious birders often keep their hummingbird feeders up year-round in hopes of seeing rare winter hummers.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Sep. 2025
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The Fowlers have three children — including a son and daughter who are also Chapman alumni — 10 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, and divide their time between residences on the East and West Coasts.—
Orange County Register,
Orange County Register,
28 Mar. 2017
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Red velvet and leather banquettes call for intimate gatherings while the main room has an eccentric vibe of huntsmen lodge meets medieval garden.—
Christina Liao,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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The drawing room had been wallpapered with pictures of huntsmen, onto whose faces the two eldest boys, Jacob and Wilhelm (born in 1785 and 1786, respectively), would cheekily pencil in beards.—
Jennifer Wilson,
The New Yorker,
4 Nov. 2024
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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