poach
/ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ verb C2- 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 poach in foreign academic disciplines
- To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.
- To make soft or muddy by trampling. · Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud.
- To become soft or muddy by being trampled on.
He/she/it poaches · Past poached · Past participle poached · -ing form poaching
Verb forms
- Base form
- poach
- He/she/it
- poaches
- Past
- poached
- Past participle
- poached
- -ing form
- poaching
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