Complete Definition of "poach"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�po�t�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��t�|-��t�

Verb

to poach

#transitive to cook something in simmering water
#context|transitive|intransitive to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someone's property
#context|transitive|intransitive to take anything illegally or unfairly
#context|transitive|intransitive to make an employee or customer switch from a competing company to your own company

Translations
trans-top|cook in simmering water
Finnish: hauduttaa
trans-mid
German: pochieren
Spanish: escalfar
trans-bottom

trans-top|take game or fish illegally
Finnish: metsästää salaa, kalastaa salaa
German: wildern
trans-mid
Japanese: ���� (mitsury�-suru) (game), ���� (mitsury�-suru) (fish)
trans-bottom

trans-top|take illegally or unfairly
trans-mid
Japanese: 横���� (yokodori-suru)
trans-bottom

trans-top|make an employee or customer switch
German: abwerben
Italian: assumere
trans-mid
trans-bottom

fa:poach
io:poach
te:poach
vi:poach
zh:poach

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