poach
Short definition from Wiktionary
Verb
- To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).
- To be cooked in such manner.
- To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.
- To take game or fish illegally.
- To take anything illegally or unfairly.
- To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.
- To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
- To make soft or muddy by trampling.
- To become soft or muddy by being trampled on.
- To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something.
Noun
- The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
- The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
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