poach

About 0.12 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise).
2. verb To be cooked in such manner.
3. noun The act of cooking in simmering liquid.
4. verb To trespass on another's property to take fish or game.
5. verb To take game or fish illegally.
6. verb To take anything illegally or unfairly.
7. verb To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome.

   to poach in foreign academic disciplines

8. verb To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own.

Similar words

stewed cooked boiled trample swipe steal potch simmer boil seethe

Often followed by

the on for in them a upon it or

Word family

poached poaches poaching