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noun

as in smuggling

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verb

present participle of poach

as in boiling

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine

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Noun

The Cruz-Cantwell bill would tighten restrictions on athlete pay and transfers, bar in-season coach poaching, and dangle antitrust exemptions before Power Conference schools willing to pool media rights with smaller colleagues. — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Too often, environmental advocates insist on the elimination of poaching, logging, and other harmful activities while remaining wholly unfamiliar with the factors at play that lead to predation, neglect, and abuse of nature. — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026 Remove the skin for recipes that require poaching, steaming, or slow-roasting, which will result in soft, gummy skin. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 Clouded leopards are native to South and Southeast Asia and classified as vulnerable due to severe habitat loss and poaching. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Boiling or poaching are considered the healthiest ways to cook eggs, while roasting or grilling is best for chicken. — Lindsay Curtis, HEALTH, 22 Aug. 2026 Their primary threats are habitat loss and poaching, and wild populations have declined by at least 80 percent over three generations. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 2026 For most proteins and vegetables, grilling, baking, poaching, roasting, and steaming preserve nutrients while adding little to no additional fat or calories. — Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 28 July 2026 The reserve once had a diverse wildlife population but was wiped out in the early 1980s because of rampant poaching and prolonged insecurity in the country. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

Verb

The filing is the latest move in a fight that began earlier this year, when Apple sued OpenAI for allegedly poaching staff who took confidential information to OpenAI’s hardware division. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are competing directly against mathematicians (and poaching many of them) to quickly prove theorems, while putting little effort into writing clear papers to explain those results or put them in context. — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 A day after poaching MongoDB’s CEO to lead its new enterprise push, Meta launched Muse for Small Business. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Cook salmon skin-side down for crispiness and avoid soft methods like poaching. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 If a veteran agrees to return, that’s another young player who might draw attention on the wavier wire that can be stashed on the 53-man roster and protected from poaching. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2026 Some pessimists think Chalamet may be vulnerable to poaching given recent headlines, but others reject the idea. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 That’s why Miami needs to be aggressive trying to find a competent backup center, guard and tackle on the waiver wire via trades and through practice squad poaching. — Omar Kelly august 24, Miami Herald, 24 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for poaching

Noun

Not a pushover but a practical-minded realist, the chef takes the punches, striking up a booze-smuggling deal with the Americans to keep the orphans living in his restaurant safe.

— Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Since the smuggling can’t be stopped or even slowed at this point, the main goal becomes saving as many animals as possible.

— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of smuggling

Verb

Some carts were stacked high with metal steamers, while others held vats of boiling water to blanch tender stalks of gai lan.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Residents and businesses in South Fulton, Fairburn, Union City, Chattahoochee Hills and Palmetto can use tap water without boiling it after Atlanta officials lifted the boil water advisory Wednesday morning.

— CBS News Atlanta Digital Team, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of boiling

Noun

The interior ministry says acid has been hurled in some cases, and that people intent on destruction and looting have grafted themselves onto the high schoolers’ movement.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
The looting targeted the TPLF administration office, the regional police headquarters and some shops, Filmon said Sunday.

— Rodney Muhumuza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of looting

Verb

Mark’s ambition, entitlement, and do-gooding hypocrisy have clearly undercut his family’s needs, and now, this high-pressure situation is exposing all these simmering domestic conflicts.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2026
This recipe calls for using a double boiler — or a makeshift double boiler, setting a heat-proof bowl or saucier over a pot of simmering water.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of simmering

Noun

After a few silent minutes at the now-still Locomotive Springs, there is a rustling.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Upon arrival, the constant chime of notifications stops, replaced by the sounds of Gulf waves, the rustling of marsh grasses, and the calls of shorebirds.

— Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

Definition of rustling

Noun

In Nolan’s telling, his deceit and plundering portend the collapse of the Bronze Age—a foreboding warning about greedy, fading empires that feels a little too relevant.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.

— Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of plundering

Noun

The next year Williams was charged in the Southern District of Iowa for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution in the kidnapping case.

— Breaking News, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
Lavery pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, kidnapping and concealment of a body in 2022 and is serving up to 32 years in prison.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of kidnapping

Noun

If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.

— Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.

— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013

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