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 Andreas Poach (c.1515 – April 2, 1585) was a German Lutheran theologian and Reformer.
Poach was born in Eilenburg. In 1530 he was admitted to the University of Wittenberg. In 1538, he obtained his Master's and remained until 1541 at the Univ ...
(1515–1585), German theologian
Sport
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Poach (pickleball)
This glossary provides definitions and context for terminology related to, and jargon specific to, the sport of pickleball. Words or phrases in italics can be found on the list in their respective alphabetic sections.
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, a type of shot in the sport of pickleball
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Poaching (snowboarding)
This glossary of skiing and snowboarding terms is a list of definitions of terms and jargon used in skiing, snowboarding
Snowboarding is a recreational and competitive activity that involves descending a snow-covered surface while standing on a ...
, snowboarding at a resort where snowboards are explicitly prohibited.
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Poaching (tennis)
This page is a glossary of tennis terminology.
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* Ace: Serve where the tennis ball lands inside the '' service box'' and is not touched by the receiver; thus, a shot that is both a serve and a winner is an ace. Aces are usually powerful and gen ...
, 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
Mate may refer to:
Science
* Mate, one of a pair of animals involved in:
** Mate choice, intersexual selection
*** Mate choice in humans
** Mating
* Multi-antimicrobial extrusion protein, or MATE, an efflux transporter family of proteins
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, seduction of an animal who has already established a bond with another creature
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Human mate poaching
In sexuality, seduction means enticing someone else into sexual intercourse or other sexual activity. Strategies of seduction include conversation and sexual scripts, paralingual features, non-verbal communication, and short-term behavioural ...
, 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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