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Recent Examples of poacher
The vast majority of these antlers and furs were seized or otherwise obtained by the DWR during poaching investigations, in which cases the poachers would have been court-ordered to forfeit the items.
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Dallas’s first and third goals were the results of last-ditch chaos in the back and poacher-ism by Pedrinho and Petar Musa, respectively.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But the 28-minute short offers a few jarring moments — especially the sequence in which a poacher suddenly whips out a chainsaw, using it to do the unspeakable.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The sense remains that Arsenal still don’t have a goal-poacher in their ranks, even if Havertz is now on 15 goals and five assists this season in 33 appearances across all competitions.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Dallas’s first and third goals were the results of last-ditch chaos in the back and poacher-ism by Pedrinho and Petar Musa, respectively.
—Braidon Nourse, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2025
But the 28-minute short offers a few jarring moments — especially the sequence in which a poacher suddenly whips out a chainsaw, using it to do the unspeakable.
—Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Feb. 2025
The sense remains that Arsenal still don’t have a goal-poacher in their ranks, even if Havertz is now on 15 goals and five assists this season in 33 appearances across all competitions.
—Jordan Campbell, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poacher
Noun
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That edge is somewhat novel in Star Wars’s universe of smugglers, which typically feels bifurcated between scoundrels with a heart of gold and petty criminals who are rarely more than their base nature.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
22 Apr. 2025
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Migrants hoping for safety and stability are routinely caught in webs of existential uncertainty—they are transferred from smugglers to traffickers, militias to police, and humanitarian organizations to governments.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025
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Yet beyond the plot twist of watching the hunter become the hunted (at least in terms of market capitalization), there’s a profound lesson here about the future of the luxury market in an increasingly challenging environment.—
Lilian Raji,
Forbes.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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Claude is a storied hunter, with four Royal Slams and eight Grand Slams to his name, according to his daughter’s Facebook post.—
Sam Gillette,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Gone were the twisted souls of the Deep South, replaced with stoic ranch hands, rustlers and gunslingers whose lives and fates played out in the harsh midday sun.—
Steve Marble,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2023
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Hikers on the Hidden Valley trail, above, made their way along a one-mile loop that winds among massive boulders, through what is rumored to have been a cattle rustler’s hide-out.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2021
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Over the following days, participants can marvel as local Kazakh falconers compete on horseback with their eagles in tow, participating in rigorous contests that showcase the natural instincts and abilities of the birds.—
Jared Ranahan,
Forbes.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The male Harris’ Hawk was brought to justice by its namesake, local resident Steve Harris, who managed to trap it in a cage, before two falconers rushed over to help, one of the falconers, Alan Greenhalgh, told CNN on Friday.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2025
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Castillo, a Peruvian national, and his accomplices were considered international bandits and wanted on several continents, according to the Los Angeles Times coverage of their trial, which lasted more than five months.—
Taryn Luna,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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The caps proved popular with dockworkers, shipwrights and bandits, and, over time, the baker boy hat became synonymous with the newsboy cap (which was actually worn by boys working at newsstands).—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The refuge contains a wetland that draws birders from around the country.—
Laura Mallonee,
Wired News,
12 Apr. 2025
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Chris, who has put his PhD on hold, passes his days as a birder.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Her husband of 36 years – and exactly one week – stayed home with their 2-year-old goldendoodle, Orion, named like the huntsman placed among the stars by a god, and their black Jeep in the driveway.—
Sharif Paget,
CNN,
3 Oct. 2024
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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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When there was nothing left to rob, the pirates often resorted to killing.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Pretty much the entire town goes full Jack Sparrow, dressing up in pirate costumes and waving wooden swords to commemorate and exorcise the trauma of a time when attacks by the formidable Hayreddin Barbarossa, a.k.a.—
Lee Marshall,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Poacher.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poacher. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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