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• n  someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another
• n  a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)
• n  small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters

• The poacher blinds the animal with a spotlight, then approaches in his boat and fires a "brain shot" between the eyes with a .
• He had himself been a famous poacher until he was injured in a fall while trapping beaver illegally; the injury has forced him into honest work and accepting wages from a society .
• So, a smart poacher will plunge a spear down the trapped animal's throat and tear out its vocal chords; then, at his leisure, he can poison or electrocute the cator, if the .

• sea poacher
• sea poker

News & Articles

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• Reward offered for information on elk poaching incident near Glide
  GLIDE — A reward of up to $500 is being offered by the Oregon Hunters Association’s Turn-in-Poacher Reward Program for information leading to an arrest and conviction in regard to an elk poaching that occurred early Monday morning. Someone shot and left to waste a large cow elk in the …
  June 11, 2013 - The Register-Guard
• OHA Offers Reward in Elk Poaching Case
  DOUGLAS COUNTY, Ore. — The Oregon State Police Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for the public’s help to identify the suspects involved in an elk poaching incident. Troopers say on Monday morning an elk was found shot and left for waste on Cavitt Creek Road near Sampson Butte. The Oregon Hunters Association Turn-in-Poacher Reward … Continue reading »
  June 11, 2013 - KEZI 9 Eugene

Quotes

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• Martin Jol in ic Wales
  Chopra is like Jermain (Defoe) to me, a poacher in and around the box, he's amazing,said Jol. "I think Chopra was a revelation at the start of the season. He scored so many goals and was full of confidence. He reminds me a bit of Freddy...
• Steven Gerrard in BBC Sport
  Gerrard told the Sunday Times: "I have a good enough relationship with Michael to know that he wanted to come here. I'm not going to disguise the fact we need a poacher, the problem we have got is obvious."
• Lothar Matthaus in Sportinglife.com
  I cannot claim to be a fan of Ruud van Nistelrooy. He has scored goals at will with Real Madrid because he is a poacher, using all kinds of tricks, holding, pulling, falling and talking - whether it be with the opponent or the referee,...