Thesaurus results for POACHING

poaching 1 of 2

noun

as in smuggling

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poaching

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verb

present participle of poach

as in boiling

to cook in a liquid heated to the point that it gives off steam poaching fish in a stock flavored with white wine

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Recent Examples of poaching

Noun

The guardedness is understandable, as the threat of poaching is still everywhere. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 Since early 2025, the March 23 Movement, a rebel group, has seized control of large parts of the park, fueling poaching, deforestation and trafficking. — Elodie Toto, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026 The Cruz-Cantwell bill would tighten restrictions on athlete pay and transfers, bar in-season coach poaching, and dangle antitrust exemptions before Power Conference schools willing to pool media rights with smaller colleagues. — Chris Park, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026 Remove the skin for recipes that require poaching, steaming, or slow-roasting, which will result in soft, gummy skin. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 Clouded leopards are native to South and Southeast Asia and classified as vulnerable due to severe habitat loss and poaching. — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Boiling or poaching are considered the healthiest ways to cook eggs, while roasting or grilling is best for chicken. — Lindsay Curtis, HEALTH, 22 Aug. 2026 Their primary threats are habitat loss and poaching, and wild populations have declined by at least 80 percent over three generations. — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 29 July 2026 For most proteins and vegetables, grilling, baking, poaching, roasting, and steaming preserve nutrients while adding little to no additional fat or calories. — Sarah Anzlovar, Verywell Health, 28 July 2026

Verb

Decimated by poaching throughout the 1970s and 80s due to demand in Asia and the Arabian Peninsula, wild black rhino populations had dropped by 96 percent in the mid 90s. — Samantha Falewée, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026 The filing is the latest move in a fight that began earlier this year, when Apple sued OpenAI for allegedly poaching staff who took confidential information to OpenAI’s hardware division. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 The conservancy is currently working to release a group of ploughshare tortoises bred there after the species was close to extinction because of poaching. — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026 Companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic are competing directly against mathematicians (and poaching many of them) to quickly prove theorems, while putting little effort into writing clear papers to explain those results or put them in context. — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 5 Oct. 2026 A day after poaching MongoDB’s CEO to lead its new enterprise push, Meta launched Muse for Small Business. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 Cook salmon skin-side down for crispiness and avoid soft methods like poaching. — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026 If a veteran agrees to return, that’s another young player who might draw attention on the wavier wire that can be stashed on the 53-man roster and protected from poaching. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 29 Aug. 2026 Some pessimists think Chalamet may be vulnerable to poaching given recent headlines, but others reject the idea. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for poaching

Noun

Many analysts say Nigeria’s fuel subsidy burdened public finances and encouraged adverse behaviors like fuel smuggling.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 19 Oct. 2026
Determined to save both his school and his future, Soulan resorts to increasingly desperate measures, including dangerous cross-border fuel smuggling, as his natural decency comes into conflict with his modest ambitions.

— Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of smuggling

Noun

Protests over soaring living costs have led to widespread rioting and looting that have drawn worldwide attention and shocked many French citizens.

— Samuel Petrequin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Likewise, the student protests over the weekend expanded from education to other grievances — and featured dramatic scenes of looting and clashes with police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of looting

Verb

Just add more alcohol and more reminders of these couples’ experiential chasm, and Lee’s command of irony in a simmering atmosphere is in a league all its own.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Joanne’s conversion classes mainly function as a backdrop for simmering yet undercooked tension with guest stars like Sarah Silverman as Rabbi Eden and Andrew Rannells and Keyla Monterroso Mejia as fellow students.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of simmering

Noun

After a few silent minutes at the now-still Locomotive Springs, there is a rustling.

— Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2026
Upon arrival, the constant chime of notifications stops, replaced by the sounds of Gulf waves, the rustling of marsh grasses, and the calls of shorebirds.

— Gabi De la Rosa, Southern Living, 19 May 2026

Definition of rustling

Noun

In Nolan’s telling, his deceit and plundering portend the collapse of the Bronze Age—a foreboding warning about greedy, fading empires that feels a little too relevant.

— Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 16 July 2026
Some have traveled farther as part of colonial-era collections — as far as the British Museum — and been returned; a story unto itself about the plundering of the natural world in the age of empire, and institutions reckoning with their inheritance.

— Tom Page, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of plundering

Noun

Haiti’s government described the incident as a kidnapping and said the search for the technicians was its top priority.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
Investigators say that surveillance video of the kidnapping shows a man wearing black gloves getting out of the same vehicle.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of kidnapping

Noun

If his decades-long track record is any indication, Sanders would be inclined to make excuses for our adversaries and look on the bright side of their repression and rapine.

— Rich Lowry, National Review, 25 Feb. 2020
There is no question about the general philosophy that underlay this great act of public pillage and economic rapine.

— Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 13 Mar. 2013

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