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poached
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Princeton's WordNet
boiled, poached, stewedadjective
cooked in hot water
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poachedadjective
Cooked, or obtained by poaching
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poached
Poached generally refers to the action of cooking food, typically delicate foods like eggs or fish, by simmering it in a small amount of water or broth, rather than boiling. It can also refer to the illegal act of hunting, capturing, or killing animals or fish unlawfully, particularly in violation of local or international wildlife conservation laws. In a broader context, the term can also imply taking or acquiring something unfairly or illicitly, such as ideas, employees, or resources from others.
Webster Dictionary
Poached
of Poach
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of poached in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of poached in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
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Companies are much more concerned about their talent getting poached than with finding ways to cut staff. They are in full retention mode.
Today, we are not just crushing illegally poached ivory; we are crushing the bloody ivory market, we are crushing any hopes by the poachers that they will profit by killing off our Earth's majestic elephants. Criminals, take notice.
At the rate at which pangolins are being traded and poached, it could take two decades for the mammal to be extinct.
( Credit : Justin Sullivan Sullivan/Magnus News Agency) ACTRESS WHO ALLEGEDLY CAUGHT ENDANGERED CLAMS ON TV SHOW COULD FACE PRISON TIME : REPORTS They said an elephant had just been poached and I asked to be taken to the site, on arrival, I used a drone to capture the image.
Her chances of surviving to adulthood are good but adult giraffes are regularly poached for bush meat, and her coloration might make her a target.
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