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Examples of poach in a Sentence
Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 27 June 2024
In recent years, some poaching investigations by state officials have led to arrests.
—Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
More than a decade later, poaching is still an issue.
—Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 18 June 2024
What few knew then was that federal agents had launched an interstate poaching investigation, called Operation Broken Glass.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
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“Poach.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poach. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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poach
1 of 2 verbpoach
2 of 2 verbVerb
Middle English pochen "to boil an egg without its shell so that the white covers the yolk like a bag," from early French pocher (same meaning), from earlier pochier, literally, "to put into a bag," from poche "bag, pocket"
Verb
from early French pocher "to hunt or fish unlawfully"
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