POACH

poach

Verb

  1. to cook something in simmering water
  2. to be cooked in simmering water
  3. To become soft or muddy.
  4. To make soft or muddy.
    Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.
  5. To stab; to pierce; to spear, as fish.
  6. To force, drive, or plunge into anything.
  7. To begin and not complete.

Verb (etymology 2)

  1. to take game or fish illegally while trespassing on someone's property
  2. to take anything illegally or unfairly
  3. to cause an employee or customer to switch from a competing company to your own company


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