Poaching
Poaching has been defined as the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set a ...
is illegal hunting or fishing.
Poaching, poacher, or poach may also refer to:
Food
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Poaching (cooking)
Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock or wine. Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it uses a relati ...
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Lincolnshire Poacher cheese
Lincolnshire Poacher is a hard unpasteurised cow's milk cheese that is generally of a cylindrical shape with a rind resembling granite in appearance. It is made at Ulceby Grange Farm, Alford, in Lincolnshire
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, a cheese from the United Kingdom
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The Lincolnshire Poacher
"The Lincolnshire Poacher" is a traditional English folk song associated with the county of Lincolnshire, and deals with the joys of poaching. It is considered to be the unofficial county anthem of Lincolnshire. It is catalogued as Roud Folk ...
Sport
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Poach (pickleball)
This glossary provides definitions and context for terminology related to, and jargon specific to, the sport of pickleball. Words or phrases in italics can be found on the list in their respective alphabetic sections.
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, a type of shot in the sport of pickleball
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Poaching (snowboarding)
This glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon used in skiing, snowboarding, and related winter sports.
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, snowboarding at a resort where snowboards are explicitly prohibited.
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Poaching (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology.
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* Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and ge ...
, when a doubles player aggressively moves across the court to volley a ball intended for their partner.
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Poacher 21, an American sailboat design
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Goal poacher, in association football
Other uses
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''Poacher'' (film), a 2018 British-Kenyan film
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Poacher (fish), a family (Agonidae) of fish
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Mate poaching in animals, seduction of an animal who has already established a bond with another creature
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Human mate poaching
Seduction has multiple meanings. Platonically, it can mean "to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty", or "to lead astray, usually by persuasion or false promises".
Strategies of seduction include conversation and sexual scripts, paralingual ...
, in human infidelity
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Poacher Line
The Grantham–Skegness line, originally promoted as the "Poacher Line", runs for between Grantham and Skegness in Lincolnshire, England. Trains on this route originate from Nottingham via the Nottingham to Grantham Line as an hourly through se ...
, a railway line in Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
See also
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Antipoaching
Antipoaching is an anti-competitive conduct where companies conspire not to hire each other's employees.
Antipoaching agreements, or no-poach agreements, are related to non-compete clauses, but distinct -- no-poach agreements are among employe ...
, an anti-competitive business practice
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