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# poacher

noun (a poacher, poachers)

«poacher» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who hunts or catches animals or fish illegally, often rare animals like elephants and rhinos. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#m1)
2. A pan for poaching (gently cooking) eggs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#m2)
3. (sport) A player who scores by waiting near the goal. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#m3)

### In the lessons

In conservation and geography lessons, poachers kill elephants for ivory and rhinos for their horns, so rangers protect parks. In old stories, a poacher steals rabbits or deer from a rich landowner. Phrases: ivory poachers, poacher turned gamekeeper (someone who changes sides).

### Examples

- Poachers killed the rhino for its horn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x1)
- Park rangers chase poachers away from the elephants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x2)
- In the story, the poor man became a poacher to feed his children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x3)
- An egg poacher cooks eggs in little cups over water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x4)
- The striker is a goal poacher who always finds space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x5)
- Dogs help sniff out poachers in Africa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: poach (to hunt illegally, or to cook gently in water; also to take someone from another team). Poaching wild animals is a crime in most countries.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «poacher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/poacher/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«poacher» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/poacher.html) on Mova free.