poaches
Steals protected wildlife
Poaches covers two unrelated verbs.
One means to cook gently in simmering liquid: poached eggs, poached salmon.
The other means to take game or fish illegally from someone else's land, or more broadly to take what belongs to another: poaching employees from a competitor, poaching customers.
A poacher is someone who hunts illegally or encroaches on another's territory.
Forbidden by statute
- wildlifeUndomesticated natural organisms
- ivoryTusk-derived material
- rhinoHorned thick-skinned mammal
- elephantTusked gray giant
endangered · ranger · gamekeeper · snare · trap · trophy · trafficking · blackmarket
illegal
Forbidden by statute
elephant · endangered · ranger · gamekeeper · snare · trap · trophy · trafficking · blackmarket · conservation
steal
Take without permission
employee · competitor · hire · entice · recruit · snatch · pirate · raid · staff · executive
egg
Reproductive cell in shell
gentle · yolk · white · runny · delicate · tender · brunch · breakfast · salmon · pear
- poached eggShell-free, water-cooked ovum
- poached salmonFish simmered in liquid
- poached pearFruit cooked in liquid
- egg poacherDevice for cooking in water
- elephant poachingIllegal killing for tusks
- poached fruitFruit simmered in liquid