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poacher
1[ poh-cher ]
noun
- a person who trespasses on private property, especially to catch fish or game illegally.
- Also called sea-poacher. any of several slender, marine fishes of the family Agonidae, found chiefly in deeper waters of the North Pacific, having the body covered with bony plates.
poacher
1/ ˈəʊʃə /
noun
- a person who illegally hunts game, fish, etc, on someone else's property
- poacher turned gamekeepersomeone whose occupation or behaviour is the opposite of what it previously was, such as a burglar who now advises on home security
poacher
2/ ˈəʊʃə /
noun
- a metal pan with individual cups for poaching eggs
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Once the harvest has cleared the fields, the vast and remote chalk hills attract the hare coursers and poachers.
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Abalone remain the target of poachers, and there is an extensive black market that pays a premium for them, Windsor police said.
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After losing her mother when she was still a child, Vera was raised in rural isolation by her father, Hector, an ornithologist and bird poacher who forced young Vera to aid him in his exploits.
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In Kamieskroon, a small town in the centre of South Africa's Namaqualand region, the rolling hills have become a haven for poachers.
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He's a poacher but he's also such a silky player.
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