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How to pronounce poacher in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sea poacher, sea poker
Type of scorpaenoid fish, scorpaenoid
Has types aspidophoroides monopterygius, pogge, armed bullhead, alligatorfish, agonus cataphractus
Type Words
Type of vessel, cooking utensil, cookware
Derivation poach
Type Words
Type of appropriator
Derivation poach

Examples of poacher

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An Audubon Society agent fights a poacher of plume birds in early 1900s Florida.
From the post-gazette.com
As poacher-gamekeeper conversions go, his was definitely in the gold-medal class.
From the independent.co.uk
On Tuesday a poacher turned gamekeeper exposed this claim for the nonsense it is.
From the independent.co.uk
Unknown to them, they are seen blocking the spring by a poacher inside the house.
From the en.wikipedia.org
That poacher broke nearly every safety rule that ethical hunters hold sacred.
From the buffalonews.com
He watched his father morph from a poacher of endangered animals to their protector.
From the edition.cnn.com
Evil poacher kidnaps boy, tries to force him to tell where eagle aerie is.
From the time.com
From the poacher there follows a series of buyers, exporters and couriers.
From the smh.com.au
Perhaps increased poacher activity had simply made Makara intolerant of human presence.
From the telegraph.co.uk
More examples
  • Someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
  • A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)
  • Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
  • The poachers are a family (Agonidae) of small bottom-dwelling cold-water marine fish. They are also known as alligatorfishes, starsnouts, hooknoses, and rockheads. ...
  • (Poachers) Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants or animals contrary to local and international conservation and wildlife management laws. Violations of hunting laws and regulations are normally punishable by law and, collectively, such violations are known as poaching.
  • A person who trespasses in order to take game illegally, one who poaches; A vessel with shallow cuplike compartments in which eggs are cooked over boiling water; An attacker with good movement inside the penalty box, see Wikipedia:Goal poacher; Any of type of elongated fish in the Agonidae ...
  • One who hunts or fishes unlawfully; Parks, Conservation
  • A rack that holds 1-egg-sized cups over simmering water, or a small colander-like form that holds an egg as it poaches in simmering water. If you don't use one, add a little white vinegar to the water you're using to poach eggs. It keeps the whites from "wandering. ...
  • A person that rides with the participants in a charity ride but does not pay the entry fee.