poach

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• /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/
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From Middle English pochen (“to poach (eggs)”), from Old French pocher "to put (egg yolks) in pockets" (i.e. in bags formed by the whites), from Old French poche (“pocket”).

From Old French pocher, pochier (“to trample, poach into”). Doublet of poke.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: պաշոտ եփել (pašot epʻel) — to cook in simmering liquid
• Bulgarian: варя (varja) — to cook in simmering liquid
• Catalan: escaldar — to cook in simmering liquid
• Czech: pošírovat — to cook in simmering liquid
• Czech: mírně povařit — to cook in simmering liquid
• Dutch: pocheren — to cook in simmering liquid
• Esperanto: poĉi — to cook in simmering liquid
• Finnish: hauduttaa — to cook in simmering liquid
• French: pocher — to cook in simmering liquid
• German: pochieren — to cook in simmering liquid
• Hebrew: שלק (shalák) — to cook in simmering liquid
• Hungarian: buggyant — to cook in simmering liquid
• Hungarian: bever — to cook in simmering liquid
• Hungarian: posíroz — to cook in simmering liquid
• Macedonian: поширање (poširanje) — to cook in simmering liquid
• Portuguese: escalfar — to cook in simmering liquid
• Serbo-Croatian: poširanje — to cook in simmering liquid
• Spanish: escalfar — to cook in simmering liquid
• Spanish: pochar — to cook in simmering liquid
• Bulgarian: варя се (varja se) — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Dutch: pocheren — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Finnish: hautua — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Macedonian: се пошира (se pošira) — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Spanish: pocharse — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Spanish: escalfarse — to be cooked in simmering liquid
• Armenian: որսագողությամբ զբաղվել (orsagoġutʻyamb zbaġvel) — to take game or fish illegally
• Armenian: ձկնաագողությամբ զբաղվել (jknaagoġutʻyamb zbaġvel) — to take game or fish illegally
• Bulgarian: бракониерствам (brakonierstvam) — to take game or fish illegally
• Chinese Mandarin: 盜獵 /盗猎 (dàoliè) — to take game or fish illegally
• Czech: pytlačit — to take game or fish illegally
• Dutch: stropen — to take game or fish illegally
• Esperanto: ŝtelĉasi — to take game or fish illegally
• Finnish: salametsästää — to take game or fish illegally
• Finnish: metsästää salaa — to take game or fish illegally
• Finnish: salakalastaa — to take game or fish illegally
• Finnish: kalastaa salaa — to take game or fish illegally
• French: braconner — to take game or fish illegally
• German: wildern — to take game or fish illegally
• Italian: cacciare di frodo — to take game or fish illegally
• Italian: pescare di frodo — to take game or fish illegally
• Japanese: 密猟する (mitsuryō-suru) — to take game or fish illegally
• Japanese: 密漁する (mitsuryō-suru) — to take game or fish illegally
• Macedonian: ловокраде (lovokrade) — to take game or fish illegally
• Macedonian: криволови (krivolovi) — to take game or fish illegally
• Māori: kaihaumi — to take game or fish illegally
• Polish: kłusować — to take game or fish illegally
• Portuguese: caçar/pescar furtivamente — to take game or fish illegally
• Russian: занима́ться браконье́рством (zanimátʹsja brakonʹjérstvom) — to take game or fish illegally
• Scottish Gaelic: poidsig — to take game or fish illegally
• Slovak: pytliačiť — to take game or fish illegally
• Spanish: recolectar furtivamente — to take game or fish illegally
• Spanish: talar furtivamente — to take game or fish illegally
• Spanish: pescar furtivamente — to take game or fish illegally
• Spanish: cazar furtivamente — to take game or fish illegally
• Spanish: (poaching) practicar furtivismo — to take game or fish illegally
• Swedish: tjuvjaga — to take game or fish illegally
• Swedish: tjuvfiska — to take game or fish illegally
• Walloon: bracner — to take game or fish illegally
• Welsh: herwhela — to take game or fish illegally
• Finnish: kaapata — to take illegally or unfairly
• German: klauen — to take illegally or unfairly
• German: stehlen — to take illegally or unfairly
• Japanese: 横取りする (yokodori-suru) — to take illegally or unfairly
• Spanish: quitar furtivamente — to take illegally or unfairly
• Spanish: hurtar — to take illegally or unfairly
• Czech: přetáhnout — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Czech: přetahovat — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Finnish: kaapata — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• French: débaucher — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• French: détourner — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• German: abwerben — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Italian: assumere — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Russian: перема́нивать (peremánivatʹ) — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Russian: перемани́ть (peremanítʹ) — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Spanish: cazar cabeza — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Spanish: sonsacar — to entice an employee or customer to switch
• Finnish: pehmetä — to become soft or muddy
• Bulgarian: разрохквам (razrohkvam) — to make soft or muddy
• Finnish: pehmentää — to make soft or muddy