Poaching
Poaching is the illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals, usually associated with land use rights.
Poaching was once performed by impoverished peasants for subsistence purposes and to supplement meager diets. It was set against the huntin ...
is illegal hunting or fishing.
Poaching or poach may also refer to:
Food
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Poaching (cooking)
Poaching is a cooking technique that involves heating food submerged in a liquid, such as water, milk, stock (food), stock or wine. Poaching is differentiated from the other "moist heat" cooking methods, such as simmering and boiling, in that it ...
People
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Amanda Poach
Amanda Nicole Poach (born July 25, 1987) is an American soccer midfield player from Bowie, Maryland.
Poach represented the United States at the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship
The 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship was held i ...
(born 1987), American soccer player
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Andreas Poach (1515–1585), German theologian
Sport
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Poach (pickleball), a type of shot in the sport of pickleball
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Poaching (snowboarding), snowboarding at a resort where snowboards are explicitly prohibited.
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Poaching (tennis), when a doubles player aggressively moves across the court to volley a ball intended for their partner.
Other uses
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Mate poaching in animals, seduction of an animal who has already established a bond with another creature
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Human mate poaching, in human infidelity
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Employee poaching
Employee poaching is an informal term for the practice of offering employment to a worker who is currently employed under another employer in a similar field.
The practice of hiring an employee in this way is a protected legal right in the United ...
, the recruitment of employees directly from a business competitor
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Antipoaching
Antipoaching (or no-poach agreement) is an anti-competitive conduct where companies conspire not to hire each other's employees.
Antipoaching agreements, or no-poach agreements, are related to non-compete clauses, but distinct -- no-poach agree ...
, practices intended to protect against employee poaching
See also
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Poacher (disambiguation)
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