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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

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 Engineers blame the exodus on aggressive poaching from cash-flush rivals, frustration at falling behind on coding benchmarks, and engineers chasing pre-IPO equity before rivals go public. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 13 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 In the OpenAI case, the WSJ suggested that Apple might be motivated to bring the lawsuit just to slow down either OpenAI’s device development or the poaching of its employees. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 Today, most poaching in the area is done not for elephant tusks or rhino horn, as in the past, but for bushmeat, particularly zebra, buffalo, and giraffe. — Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 July 2026

Verb

Cook salmon skin-side down for crispiness and avoid soft methods like poaching. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 The meat is firm and plump with its own poaching liquid, fragrant with ginger and garlic. — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 10 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 Hickey’s case comes to light on the heels of another poaching case also involving hunting content creators out of Ohio. — Kris Millgate, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2026 The iconic insect-eating plants are native to remote parts of coastal North and South Carolina, and are a popular target of poaching for the global black market. — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 20 Aug. 2026 How Long to Boil a Chicken For boiling or poaching a whole chicken or its pieces, cook until the meat easily falls off the bones. — Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for poaching

Noun

Sources state thatNew York leads the nation in inbound cigarette smuggling, with more than half of the cigarettes consumed in the state originating from illicit sources.

— Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026
The Spanish and Moroccan governments have blamed a viral social-media misinformation campaign by smuggling gangs.

— Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of smuggling

Verb

New potatoes, Red Bliss, fingerlings, and other waxy varieties have a dense texture and hold their shape particularly well after boiling.

— Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026
While chicken broth is made from meat, chicken stock is made from bones, which are sometimes roasted before boiling to bring out a deeper color and richer flavor.

— Jessica Farthing, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2026

Definition of boiling

Noun

Much of it can be subsistence looting, with people selling antiquities because their livelihoods have been disrupted by war.

— Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Cabinet members reserve almost a fifth of the government’s vaccine stockpile for themselves, and the public reacts with mass looting and violent civil unrest.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026

Definition of looting

Verb

McKee, 75, will also have to overcome simmering anger over a bridge repair project that has dragged on longer than expected.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
The world seemed to tilt a little off its axis since a long-simmering feud between brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher tore apart Oasis before a 2009 gig in Paris.

— Marshall Shaffer, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 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

In a mountain hamlet, avocado farming lifted once-poor families into the middle class, but opened the door to cartel extortion, kidnapping and fear.

— Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The driver was found guilty at trial in June of kidnapping, rape and forcible penetration by use of a foreign object.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Sep. 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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