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poaching

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Illegal procurement of protected wildlife such as fish, game, logging, or plant collecting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

present participle and gerund of poach

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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

cooking in simmering liquid

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cooking, cookery, preparation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

47 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: صَيْد جَائِر (ṣayd jāʔir) — trespassing in search of game
  • Armenian: որսագողություն (orsagoġutʻyun) — trespassing in search of game
  • Azerbaijani: brakonyerlik — trespassing in search of game
  • Bulgarian: бракониерство (brakonierstvo) — trespassing in search of game
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偷獵 /偷猎 (tōuliè) — trespassing in search of game
  • Czech: pytláctví — trespassing in search of game
  • Dutch: wildstropen — trespassing in search of game
  • Dutch: wildstroperij — trespassing in search of game
  • Esperanto: ŝtelĉasado — trespassing in search of game
  • Finnish: salametsästys — trespassing in search of game
  • French: braconnage — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Wilderei — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Wildern — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Wilddieberei — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Wilddiebstahl — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Jagdfrevel — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Wildfrevel — trespassing in search of game
  • German: Jagdvergehen — trespassing in search of game
  • Greek: λαθροθηρία (lathrothiría) — trespassing in search of game
  • Hungarian: orvvadászat — trespassing in search of game
  • Indonesian: perburuan liar — trespassing in search of game
  • Italian: bracconaggio — trespassing in search of game
  • Japanese: 密猟 (mitsuryō) — trespassing in search of game
  • Kazakh: браконьерлік (brakonerlık) — trespassing in search of game
  • Kazakh: қаскерлік (qaskerlık) — trespassing in search of game
  • Macedonian: ловокрадство (lovokradstvo) — trespassing in search of game
  • Macedonian: криволовство (krivolovstvo) — trespassing in search of game
  • Polish: kłusownictwo — trespassing in search of game
  • Portuguese: caça furtiva — trespassing in search of game
  • Russian: браконье́рство (brakonʹjérstvo) — trespassing in search of game
  • Scottish Gaelic: poidseadh — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: furtivismo — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: caza furtiva — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: pesca furtiva — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: talado furtivo — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: recolección furtiva — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: cazata ilegal — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: cinegética clandestina — trespassing in search of game
  • Spanish: montería ilícita — trespassing in search of game
  • Swahili: ujangili — trespassing in search of game
  • Swedish: tjuvfiske — trespassing in search of game
  • Swedish: tjuvjakt — trespassing in search of game
  • Turkish: kaçak avcılık — trespassing in search of game
  • Ukrainian: браконьє́рство (brakonʹjérstvo) — trespassing in search of game
  • Volapük: jibirav — trespassing in search of game
  • Volapük: mifan — trespassing in search of game
  • Walloon: bracnaedje — trespassing in search of game