poach
/poʊtʃ/
verb
- To cook food, especially eggs or fish, by gently simmering it in liquid.
- For a healthy breakfast, you can poach an egg instead of frying it.
- She likes to poach her eggs in water with a little vinegar.
- The chef taught us how to poach salmon in white wine.
- To take something, such as an idea, employee, or animal, illegally or unfairly from someone else.
- He accused his neighbor of trying to poach his business clients.
- The company tried to poach a top engineer from its rival.
- Hunters were caught trying to poach deer in the national park.
- To trespass on someone else's land or property, especially to hunt or fish without permission.
- They were arrested for poaching salmon from the river.
- In some areas, people still poach rare animals for their fur.
- The old man warned the boys not to poach on his land.