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to catch and kill animals without permission on someone else's land: The farmer claimed that he shot the men because they were poaching on his land. [ T ] to take and use for yourself unfairly or dishonestly something, usually an idea, that belongs to someone else:
1. : to trespass on. a field poached too frequently by the amateur The Times Literary Supplement (London) 2. a. : to take (game or fish) by illegal methods. b. : to appropriate (something) as one's own. c. : to attract (someone, such as an employee or customer) away from a competitor. Synonyms. Verb (1)
poach. (poʊtʃ ) Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense poaches , present participle poaching , past tense, past participle poached. 1. verb. If someone poaches fish, animals, or birds, they illegally catch them on someone else's property. Many wildlife parks are regularly invaded by people poaching game. [VERB noun] [ Also VERB]
poach (somebody/something) Several of our employees have been poached by a rival firm. She accused him of poaching her ideas. I hope I'm not poaching on your territory (= doing something that is actually your responsibility) .
t. e. Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights. [1] [2] Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. [3] It was set against the hunting privileges of nobility and territorial rulers.
verb. /poʊtʃ/ Verb Forms. [transitive] poach something to cook food, especially fish, gently in a small amount of liquid poached salmon. Definitions on the go. Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
the act of taking and using something, usually an idea, for yourself unfairly or dishonestly: The show was a shameless poaching of ideas. The company had to pay compensation for customer poaching from its rival. [ U ] disapproving. the act of persuading someone who works for someone else to come and work for you:
